Roesevelt Hayes v. William Benton, Health Services Administrator, Tucker Max Infirmary

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 20-1952
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Roesevelt Hayes
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
William Benton, Health Services Administrator, Tucker Max Infirmary; Erica
Johnson, Director of Nurses, Tucker Max Infirmary; Patrick Drummond, ARNP,
Tucker Max Infirmary; Shaun Young, ARNP, Tucker Max Infirmary
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
Correct Care Solutions, Inc., CCS
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
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Submitted: December 22, 2020
Filed: December 29, 2020
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, WOLLMAN, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

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Arkansas inmate Roesevelt Hayes appeals from the district court’s1 adverse
grant of summary judgment on the merits of Hayes’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon
de novo review, see Murchison v. Rogers, 779 F.3d 882, 886-87 (8th Cir. 2015)
(viewing record in light most favorable to non-movant, and drawing all reasonable
inferences in his favor), we conclude that the district court properly analyzed the
Eighth Amendment claims, see Fourte v. Faulkner Cnty., Ark., 746 F.3d 384, 387 (8th
Cir. 2014) (deliberate indifference requires showing defendants knew of, but
deliberately disregarded, objectively serious medical needs). Likewise, we find no
abuse of discretion in the district court’s decision to decline to exercise supplemental
jurisdiction over the state law claims. See Zubrod v. Hoch, 907 F.3d 568, 580 (8th
Cir. 2018) (standard of review). The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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1The Honorable Patricia S. Harris, United States Magistrate Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by
consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).
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