Mark Bitzan Plaintiff - Appellant Cassandra Zent Plaintiff v. Jerry Bartruff, IDOC… v. Jerry Bartruff, IDOC Director

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 17-2687
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Mark Bitzan
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
Cassandra Zent
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff
v.
Jerry Bartruff, IDOC Director; John Baldwin, Former IDOC Director; Sheryl
Dahm, Assistant IDOC Deputy Director; Nick Ludwick, ISP Warden; Mark
Roberts, ISP Deputy Warden; Rebecca Bowker, ISP Executive Officer; Mike
Schierbrock, ISP A/W Treatment; Jill Johnson, ISP Administrative Assistant;
Randy VanWye, ISP Investigator; David DeGrange, ISP Investigator; Cynthia
Phillips, ISP Mailroom
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
Debbie Nichols, ISP Former A/W Security; Jay Nelson, IDOC Religious
Coordinator; Statewide Religion Review Committee; Julie Johnson, ISP Former
A/W Administration; Nikki Eaves, ISP Mailroom; Jane Doe, ISP Mailroom;
Debbie Ferril, ISP Property; Berl Wilcox, ISP Segregation Unit Manager; Mike
Eisnnicher, ISP Segregation Committee; Bradley Hoenig, ISP Segregation
Committee; Dorothy Faust, Religion Review Committee
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants
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No. 17-2690
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Mark Bitzan
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff
Cassandra Zent
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Jerry Bartruff, IDOC Director; John Baldwin, Former IDOC Director; Sheryl
Dahm, Assistant IDOC Deputy Director; Nick Ludwick, ISP Warden; Mark
Roberts, ISP Deputy Warden; Rebecca Bowker, ISP Executive Officer; Mike
Schierbrock, ISP A/W Treatment; Jill Johnson, ISP Administrative Assistant;
David DeGrange, ISP Investigator; Randy VanWye, ISP Investigator; Cynthia
Phillips, ISP Mailroom
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
Debbie Nichols, ISP Former A/W Security; Jay Nelson, IDOC Religious
Coordinator; Statewide Religion Review Committee; Julie Johnson, ISP Former
A/W Administration; Nikki Eaves, ISP Mailroom; Jane Doe, ISP Mailroom;
Debbie Ferril, ISP Property; Berl Wilcox, ISP Segregation Unit Manager; Mike
Eisnnicher, ISP Segregation Committee; Bradley Hoenig, ISP Segregation
Committee; Dorothy Faust, Religion Review Committee
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants
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Appeals from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
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Submitted: July 27, 2018
Filed: August 7, 2018
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, KELLY, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
In these consolidated appeals, Iowa inmate Mark Bitzan, and his mother
Cassandra Zent, challenge the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment1
in their joint 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Viewing the record in a light most favorable
to appellants, and drawing all reasonable inferences in their favor, see Sisney v.
Kaemingk, 886 F.3d 692, 697 (8th Cir. 2018) (de novo review), we agree with the
district court that summary judgment was warranted in this case. The judgment is
affirmed, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and appellants’ motions to supplement the record are
denied.
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The Honorable John A. Jarvey, Chief Judge, United States District Court for1
the Southern District of Iowa.
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