Damont Ewells v. Rory Griffin, Deputy Director, Health

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 22-2165
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Damont Ewells,
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant,
v.
Rory Griffin, Deputy Director, Health and Correctional Services, Varner
Supermax, ADC; Sondra Parker, Health Services Administrator, Nurse Supervisor,
Varner Supermax; Estella Bland, Health Services Provider, Nurse Practitioner,
Varner Unit, ADC; Denise Powell, Nurse, ADC; Kayla Hargrave, Nurse, ADC,
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees,
Does, Nurse, ADC,
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant,
Lisa Witherspoon, Nurse,
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee.
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
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Submitted: September 28, 2023
Filed: October 11, 2023
[Unpublished]
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Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Damont Ewells appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment
in his action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After a careful review, we conclude that the
district court did not err in granting judgment for the defendants. See Johnson v.
Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir. 2006) (de novo review). Accordingly, we
affirm, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and we deny Ewells’s pending appellate motion.
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1The Honorable D.P. Marshall Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the
Honorable J. Thomas Ray, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of
Arkansas.
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