Robert Clayborne, Jr. v. Tecumseh Department, No. 17-1072 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Loken, Murphy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Prisoner civil rights. Defendants' summary judgment on plaintiff's claim they were deliberately indifferent to his needs during a prison riot affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 17-1072 ___________________________ Robert Earl Clayborne, Jr. lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Tecumseh Department of Corrections, an agency of the State; Scott Franks, Director of the Nebraska Corrections Dept., in his official and individual capacity; Brian Gage, Warden of the Tecumseh Corrections Dept., in his official and individual capacity; Guthrie, Case worker with the Tecumseh Correction Dept., in her official and individual capacity; Tompkins, Case worker with the Tecumseh Corrections Dept., in his official and individual capacity; Keith Broadfoot, Unit Manager, Tecumseh Corrections Department, in his official and individual capacity; Sherman, Unit Administrator, Tecumseh Corrections Department, in his official and individual capacity; Crop, Officer, with the Tecumseh Corrections Dept., in his official and individual capacity. lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha ____________ Submitted: October 13, 2017 Filed: November 1, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. In this pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Nebraska inmate Robert Clayborne appeals after the district court1 adversely granted summary judgment, finding defendants were entitled to qualified immunity on Clayborne’s claim that they were deliberately indifferent to his needs during a prison riot. Having carefully reviewed the record, and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the district court properly granted summary judgment. See Beaulieu v. Ludeman, 690 F.3d 1017, 1024 (8th Cir. 2012) (grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo, viewing record in light most favorable to nonmovant); see also Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223, 232 (2009) (to determine if defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, court must consider whether facts establish violation of constitutional or statutory right, and whether right was so clearly established that reasonable official would have known his actions were unlawful); Nelson v. Corr. Med. Servs., 583 F.3d 522, 528 (8th Cir. 2009) (in cases involving prison riots, wantonness necessary for deliberate indifference is demonstrated by prison officials acting “maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm”). Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and Clayborne’s motion for a settlement conference is denied as moot. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska. -2-
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