David N. James v. Eric Cheatham, Officer, North Little Rock Police Department

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 20-1175
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David N. James
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Eric Cheatham, Officer, North Little Rock Police Department; Mike Davis, Chief
of Police, North Little Rock Police Department (Originally named as Doe)
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
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Submitted: August 7, 2020
Filed: August 18, 2020
[Unpublished]
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Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Arkansas inmate David James appeals the
district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment.
1The Honorable Kristine G. Baker, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.

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We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in deeming
defendants’ statement of facts admitted, pursuant to a local rule. See Nw. Bank & Tr.
Co. v. First Ill. Nat’l Bank, 354 F.3d 721, 725 (8th Cir. 2003) (reviewing for abuse of
discretion district court’s application of its local rules); see also Reasonover v. St.
Louis Cty., 447 F.3d 569, 579 (8th Cir. 2006) (district courts have broad discretion
enforcing local rules). Having carefully reviewed the record, we further conclude the
district court did not err in granting summary judgment. See Woodworth v. Hulshof,
891 F.3d 1083, 1088 (8th Cir. 2018) (reviewing de novo grant of summary judgment).
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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