Timothy Edwards v. Yankton FPC, No. 19-3791 (8th Cir. 2020)

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Court Description: [Per Curiam - Before Colloton, Kelly and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Habeas. Order granting defendants summary judgment in this Section 2241 action affirmed without comment. [ October 20, 2020 ]

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 19-3791 ___________________________ Timothy Edwards, lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner - Appellant, v. Yankton Federal Prison Camp; Warden Heriberto Tellez, lllllllllllllllllllllRespondents - Appellees. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls ____________ Submitted: October 16, 2020 Filed: October 21, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________ Before COLLOTON, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Timothy Edwards appeals the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment in this action brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Edwards challenges prison disciplinary proceedings that ultimately resulted in, among other things, loss of good-time credits. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that summary judgment was proper. Accordingly, we affirm, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and we deny Edwards’s pending motions as moot. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Veronica L. Duffy, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of South Dakota. -2-

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