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Civil Rights: §1983 Action- Eighth Amendment- Summary Judgment
Staff Report//October 1, 2018//
Plaintiff, an inmate, appealed the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. §1983 action.
Where plaintiff failed to identify specific errors in district court’s findings of fact or application of law to the evidence, summary judgment was proper where, viewing evidence in light most favorable to plaintiff, there was no genuine issue of material fact.
Judgment is affirmed.
Maybin v. Corizon Healthcare (MLW No. 72144/Case No 17-2973 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) (Unpublished opinion) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
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