United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is affirmed where inmate plaintiff offered no evidence establishing that a delay in medical care had a detrimental effect, thus failing to raise a genuine issue of fact on an essential element of his claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/07/2005
• Published 12/07/2005

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elaine Mittleman, Falls Church, VA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brian Barnhill, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for appellee.