Donnie Dumas v. Matthew Falkner, No. 17-1942 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Gruender, Bowman and Benton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Bivens action. Defendants' summary judgment affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 17-1942 ___________________________ Donnie Ray Dumas lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Matthew A. Falkner; Gary L. Broyles lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________ Submitted: December 7, 2017 Filed: December 12, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before GRUENDER, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Donnie Ray Dumas appeals after the District Court1 granted summary judgment to defendants in his action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of 1 The Honorable Stephen R. Bough, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Viewing the summary judgment record in the light most favorable to Dumas and drawing all reasonable inferences in his favor, we agree with the District Court that summary judgment was warranted. See Clay v. Credit Bureau Enters., Inc., 754 F.3d 535, 539 (8th Cir. 2014) (standard of review). We further conclude that the court did not err in denying Dumas’s motion to add a habeas claim against the United States Parole Commission. See Kozlov v. Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc., 818 F.3d 380, 394–95 (8th Cir. 2016) (standard of review). We affirm the judgment. ______________________________ -2-
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