Maurice Roberts v. David Freeman

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: Lavenski R. Smith, Kermit E. Bye and Bobby E. Shepherd (UNPUBLISHED) [4354559] [14-3252]

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 14-3252
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Maurice D. Roberts
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Edward Ruppel; Clifton Bowen; David Dormire; Matt Strum; David Freeman
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City
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Submitted: January 6, 2016
Filed: January 11, 2016
[Unpublished]
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Before SMITH, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Missouri inmate Maurice Roberts appeals after the district court1 entered final
judgment in his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We conclude that, for the reasons
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The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the
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given by the district court: (1) dismissal was proper as to the four defendants named
in Roberts’s original complaint, see Rochling v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, 725 F.3d
927, 930 (8th Cir. 2013) (standard of review for Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) dismissal);
Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (standard of review
for 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) dismissal); and (2) summary judgment as to added defendant
David Freeman was proper, see Jenkins v. Cty. of Hennepin, Minn., 557 F.3d 628,
631 (8th Cir. 2009) (de novo review of summary judgment grant). We further
conclude there is no basis for reversal in the court’s rulings on Roberts’s numerous
motions throughout the proceedings regarding discovery, see Metro. Prop. & Cas. Ins.
Co. v. Calvin, 802 F.3d 933, 941 (8th Cir. 2015); the appointment of counsel, see
Phillips v. Jasper Cnty. Jail, 437 F.3d 791, 794 (8th Cir. 2006); injunctive relief, see
Devose v. Herrington, 42 F.3d 470, 471 (8th Cir. 1994) (per curiam); or consolidation
with other cases, see U.S. E.P.A. v. City of Green Forest, Ark., 921 F.2d 1394, 1402
(8th Cir. 1990).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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