Abraham Grant v. Estella Bland, No. 17-3709 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Loken and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Prisoner Civil Rights. Defendants' summary judgment on plaintiff's deliberate indifference to medical needs claims affirmed without comment. [ April 25, 2018
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 17-3709 ___________________________ Abraham Grant lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant Estella Bland, Medical Provider, Varner Unit lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff ____________ Submitted: April 23, 2018 Filed: April 26, 2018 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Arkansas inmate Abraham Grant appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action asserting a claim of deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the district court properly granted summary judgment. See Fourte v. Faulkner Cty., Ark., 746 F.3d 384, 387 (8th Cir. 2014) (deliberate-indifference claim requires showing that defendant knew of, but deliberately disregarded, objectively serious medical need; deliberate indifference is more than gross negligence, and mere disagreement with treatment decision does not rise to level of constitutional violation); see also Peterson v. Kopp, 754 F.3d 594, 598 (8th Cir. 2014) (grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo; record is viewed in light most favorable to nonmoving party). Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. 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 Jerome T. Kearney, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2-
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