Deverick Scott v. Randy Watson, No. 17-1376 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Gruender, Bowman and Benton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. Defendants' summary judgment affirmed without comment. [ December 05, 2017
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 17-1376 ___________________________ Deverick Scott lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Randy Watson, Warden, Varner Super Max; Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction (originally named as Ray Hobbs); Grant Harris, Asst Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; Raymond Naylor, Disciplinary Hearing Administrator, ADC; Moses Jackson, Asst Warden, Varner Super Max (originally named as M. Jackson); Wardell Brooks, Correctional Officer, Varner Super Max (originally named as Brooks); Everett G. Litzsey, Jr., Sergeant, East Regional Unit; James Plummer, Lt. Varner Super Max (originally named as Plumer) lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff ____________ Submitted: November 24, 2017 Filed: December 6, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before GRUENDER, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Deverick Scott appeals after the district court1 adversely granted summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful de novo review, see LaCross v. City of Duluth, 713 F.3d 1155, 1157 (8th Cir. 2013) (reviewing the district court’s grant of summary judgment based on qualified immunity de novo), we conclude that the district court properly granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants for the reasons stated by the district court. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable D.P. Marshall Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Patricia S. Harris, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2-
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