Rex Gard v. Bob Dooley, Chief Warden

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 17-1583
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Rex Gard
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Bob Dooley, Chief Warden; Jenifer Stanwick, Deputy Warden; Rebecca Schieffer,
Associate Warden; Susan Jacobs, Associate Warden; Other DOC Staff, unknown
at this time, in their individual and official capacities
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls
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Submitted: April 16, 2018
Filed: April 30, 2018
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, BOWMAN, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

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South Dakota inmate Rex Gard appeals after the district court adversely1
granted summary judgment on his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint asserting claims
under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, the Free Exercise
Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause.
After careful de novo review, see Beaulieu v. Ludeman, 690 F.3d 1017, 1024
(8th Cir. 2012), we conclude that the district court appropriately granted summary
judgment for the reasons outlined in the Report and Recommendation of the
magistrate judge. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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The Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, United States District Judge for the1
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.
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