Unpublished Dispositionpearly Wilson, Plaintiff-appellant, v. George F. Denton, Director of Rehabilitation; Ted Engle,defendants-appellees, 860 F.2d 1081 (6th Cir. 1988)

ORDER

This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the record and the briefs, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a).

This pro se Ohio state prisoner requests the appointment of counsel in his appeal from the district court's judgment dismissing his civil rights suit filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff sought damages from the former Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and the former Superintendent of the Chillicothe Correctional Institute, based on his claim that conditions at the prison violated the eighth amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants.

Upon consideration, we conclude that none of the conditions complained of amounted to an eighth amendment violation. See Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337, 347 (1981). Plaintiff thus did not establish the existence of elements necessary to support his claim, and summary judgment was properly entered. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317 (1986).

Accordingly, the motion for appointment of counsel is denied and the district court's judgment is hereby affirmed. Rule 9(b) (5), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.