Richard Davis v. Greg Harmon, et al, No. 07-3922 (8th Cir. 2009)

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Court Description: Prisoner case - prisoner civil rights. Dismissal affirmed without comment.

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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 07-3922 ___________ Richard Alan Davis, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Greg Harmon, Warden, East * Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; * Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas * Department of Corrections; Wendy * Kelley, Deputy Director, Arkansas * Department of Corrections; Paulette * Green, Classification Officer, East * Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; * Essie Clay, Disciplinary Hearing * Officer, East Arkansas Regional * Unit, ADC; James Gibson, Disciplinary * Hearing Administrator, Arkansas * Department of Corrections; Moorehead, * Mr., Medical Administrator, East * Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Moses * Jackson, III, Maximum Security Shift * Commander, East Arkansas Regional * Unit, ADC; Larry May, Deputy * Director, Arkansas Department of * Corrections, * * Appellees. * Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. [UNPUBLISHED] ___________ Submitted: March 30, 2009 Filed: April 6, 2009 ___________ Before BYE, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Arkansas inmate Richard Alan Davis appeals the district court s1 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action following an evidentiary hearing. Because Davis requested a jury trial and he alone testified at the hearing, the district court properly applied the standards announced in Johnson v. Bi-State Justice Ctr., 12 F.3d 133 (8th Cir. 1993); and upon de novo review, see Johnson v. Cowell Steel Structures, Inc., 991 F.2d 474, 478 (8th Cir. 1993), we find no error in the court s conclusion that the case was not submissible to a jury. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable H. David Young, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). -2-

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