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Where an inmate from Arkansas challenged the dismissal of his civil rights action, the district court properly granted summary judgment to the defendants based on the inmate’s failure to exhaust his administrative remedies. Judgment is affirmed. Robertson v. Pace (MLW ...

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Where a pretrial detainee challenged an adverse grant of summary judgment in a civil rights action, the judgment is affirmed because there was no basis for reversal. Judgment is affirmed. May v. Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility (MLW No. 74796/Case ...

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Where a Missouri inmate challenged the adverse grant of summary judgment, the judgment was proper, and the parties’ motions for supplemental briefing are denied. Judgment is affirmed. Argentino v. Corizon Medical Services (MLW No. 74766/Case No. 19-2348 – 3 pages) ...

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Where an inmate brought an action against prison officials claiming that his due process rights were violated by a move from a medium-security facility to a maximum-security facility, the conditions of confinement did not amount to an atypical and significant ...

Tagged with: Conditions of Confinement Inmate Action Prison Discipline

Where an inmate challenged the adverse grant of summary judgment in his civil rights action raising claims related to a prior incarceration, the judgment is affirmed because there was no basis for reversal. Judgment is affirmed. Scott v. Burl (MLW ...

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Where a detainee brought an action against prison officials claiming that they delayed his access to adequate medical treatment for a serious condition, summary judgment for the defendants is affirmed because the plaintiff failed to produce sufficient evidence to support ...

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Where a law school applicant sued a university and school officials under the Americans with Disabilities Act, claiming that the school discriminated against him when it rejected his admission application, the judgment for the defendants is affirmed because the school ...

Tagged with: disability discrimination Law School Application mental illness

Where a Missouri inmate challenged an adverse grant of summary judgment in his civil rights action, the defendant was entitled to summary judgment, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. Harris v. Hill (MLW No. 74716/Case No. 18-3008 – ...

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Plaintiff appealed from the district court’s adverse grant of judgment in her §1983 claim. Where plaintiff failed to provide a transcript of the district court proceedings, the court was precluded from meaningful appellate review. Judgment is affirmed. Sanders v. Chapman ...

Tagged with: 42 U.S.C. §1983 Appellate Review Failure to Provide Transcripts

Where the mother of a child, who had been called a racially derogatory name by a substitute teacher, sued the school district and the temporary service that employed the teacher, the trial court erred by applying a direct negligence standard ...

Tagged with: MHRA racial discrimination Respondeat Superior

Where a deputy, who sexually assaulted a woman, brought claims including unreasonable search and seizure and municipal liability against a sheriff and the county, prior instances of sexual misconduct were not similar in kind or sufficiently egregious to show a ...

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