Harold Covert v. Dexter Payne, No. 22-1257 (8th Cir. 2022)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: [Per Curiam - Before Loken, Grasz, and Kobes, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Prisoner civil rights. Defendants' summary judgment affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 22-1257 ___________________________ Harold Moses Covert lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant v. Dexter Payne; Wendy Kelley; James Gibson; Brandon C. Carroll, Chief of Security, Varner Supermax, ADC; James Shipman, Deputy Warden, Varner Supermax, ADC; Marshall Dale Reed, Chief Deputy Director, Varner Supermax, ADC; James Plummer, Captain, Varner Supermax, ADC; Scott Taylor, Captain, Varner Supermax, ADC; Flora Washington, Classification, Varner Supermax, ADC; Rodney Brown, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Mahoney, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Mary Lloyd, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees Joseph Bivens, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant Michael R. Demery, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Walter Washington, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Telicia Mothershed, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Missally Williams, “Simpson”, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Tashalia Dunlap, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Roosevelt Jones, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Brandon Medders, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees R. Owen, Grievance Coordinator, Varner Supermax, ADC lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant A. Cook, Corporal, Varner Supermax, ADC lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee A. Lewis, Corporal, Varner Supermax, ADC lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant Johnson, Corporal, Varner Supermax, ADC; Glover, Corporal, Varner Supermax, ADC lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ____________ Submitted: August 15, 2022 Filed: August 30, 2022 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, GRASZ, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Arkansas inmate Harold Covert appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude the grant of summary judgment was proper for the reasons stated by the district court. See Morris v. Cradduck, 954 1 The Honorable Billy Roy Wilson, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the recommendation of the Honorable Edie R. Ervin, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2- F.3d 1055, 1058 (8th Cir. 2020) (reviewing de novo grant of summary judgment). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -3-
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