SEMLER v. JOHNSTON MSOP MSOP MSOP (2020)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Raymond Leon SEMLER Plaintiff - Appellant v. Nancy JOHNSTON, Executive Director of MSOP, sued in their individual and official capacities; Charlie Hoffman, Vocational Work Program Director, sued in their individual and official capacities; Peter Puffer, Clinical Director, MSOP - Moose Lake, sued in their individual and official capacities; Randy Gordon, Behavior Expectation Hearing Panel, sued in their individual and official capacities; Julie Sajdak, Vocational Programming Supervisor, sued in their individual and official capacities; Paul Christensen, Vocational Programming Supervisor, sued in their individual and official capacities; Kevin Moser, MSOP - Moose Lake Facility Director, sued in their individual and official capacities; Tara Osborne-Leivian Defendants - Appellees

No. 19-3669

Decided: August 27, 2020

Before ERICKSON, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.

Raymond Leon Semler, Pro Se Nilushi Ranaweera, Attorney General's Office, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendants-Appellees

[Unpublished]

Raymond Semler, who is civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program, appeals the district court's ¹ dismissal of his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon careful de novo review, see Waters v. Madson, 921 F.3d 725, 734 (8th Cir. 2019) (standard of review), we find no error in the district court's well-reasoned decision. We also find no abuse of discretion in the denial of Semler's motion to recuse the magistrate, see In re Steward, 828 F.3d 672, 681 (8th Cir. 2016) (standard of review).

The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

FOOTNOTES

1. The Honorable Eric C. Tostrud, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Leo I. Brisbois, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

PER CURIAM.

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