Tyrone Ellis v. Aric Simmons, No. 17-1429 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Loken, Gruender and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Prisoner civil rights. Defendant's summary judgment on plaintiff's deliberate indifference to serious medical needs claims is affirmed without comment. [ August 16, 2017
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 17-1429 ___________________________ Tyrone Ellis lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Aric Simmons, Advance Practice Nurse, Correct Care Solutions lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff ____________ Submitted: August 15, 2017 Filed: August 17, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Arkansas inmate Tyrone Ellis appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, in which he alleged that defendant Aric Simmons was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. Upon careful de novo review, see Peterson v. Kopp, 754 F.3d 594, 598 (8th Cir. 2014) (standard of review), we conclude that summary judgment was proper because, as explained by the district court, Ellis failed to show that Simmons knew of his medical complaint during the period of delay in treatment. See Fourte v. Faulkner Cty., Ark., 746 F.3d 384, 387 (8th Cir. 2014). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Billy Roy Wilson, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Jerome T. Kearney, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2-
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