Joseph Anthony Favors v. Samantha Ensz, et al., in their Individual and Official capacities

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 21-2826
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Joseph Anthony Favors
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Samantha Ensz, et al., in their Individual and Official capacities
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of Minnesota
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Submitted: January 3, 2022
Filed: January 7, 2022
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Joseph Favors, who is civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender
Program (MSOP), brought this § 1983 action asserting retaliation and deliberate
indifference claims against various MSOP officials acting in their official and
individual capacities, the eighth lawsuit Favors filed in the District of Minnesota

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against MSOP officials in 2020 and 2021. Favors appeals the district court’s1 order
granting defendants’ motion to dismiss, to which Favors did not respond, because
defendants are entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity and qualified immunity
from the official capacity and individual capacity claims; denying his motion for
leave to amend his complaint, which he filed without a proposed amended pleading;
denying his motion for a harassment restraining order against non-parties; and
declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over his state law claims.
After careful review, we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court’s
Memorandum Opinion and Order dated August 2, 2021. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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1The Honorable Susan Richard Nelson, United States District Judge for the
District of Minnesota.
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