Marc Joseph Arens v. Robert Fletcher, No. 05-2170 (8th Cir. 2006)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Prisoner case - prisoner civil rights. Dismissal affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 05-2170 ___________ Marc Joseph Arens, Appellant, v. Robert Fletcher, Appellee. * * * * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the * District of Minnesota. * * [UNPUBLISHED] * ___________ Submitted: June 14, 2006 Filed: June 27, 2006 ___________ Before MURPHY, BEAM, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Minnesota inmate Marc Joseph Arens brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Ramsey County Sheriff Robert Fletcher, alleging civil rights violations by county jail staff. The district court1 dismissed the action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, and Arens appeals. Having reviewed the record de novo, see Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam), we conclude dismissal was proper. See Vaughn v. Greene County, Ark., 438 F.3d 845, 851 (8th Cir. 2006) ( [I]t 1 The Honorable Richard H. Kyle, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Arthur J. Boylan, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota. is well settled the doctrine of respondeat superior is inapplicable to section 1983 claims ). Accordingly, we affirm. ______________________________ -2-
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