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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 19-2169

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Kevin Linn

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Jeremy Andrews, Deputy Warden, Varner Unit; Michael Bolden, Chief Security

Officer, Varner Unit; Keith Waddle, Disciplinary Hearing Officer; Randy Watson,

Warden, Varner and Varner SuperMax Units; Raymond Naylor, Disciplinary

Hearing Officer Administrator, ADC; Ray Hobbs, Former Director, ADC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff

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 Submitted: February 5, 2020

Filed: February 11, 2020

[Unpublished]

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Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 19-2169 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/11/2020 Entry ID: 4880143
Former Arkansas prisoner Kevin Linn appeals the district court’s

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adverse grant

of summary judgment in his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, in which he asserted

claims of retaliation and due process violations stemming from a prison disciplinary

proceeding. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal,

we conclude that defendants were entitled to summary judgment. See Hartsfield v.

Nichols, 511 F.3d 826, 829 (8th Cir. 2008) (reviewing grant of summary judgment

de novo; stating that a defendant may successfully defend a retaliatory discipline

claim by showing some evidence the inmate actually committed a rule violation);see

also Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484-87 (1995) (stating that due process liberty

interests are generally limited to freedom from restraint that imposes atypical and

significant hardship on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life). 

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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1The Honorable James M. Moody Jr., United States District Judge for the

Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the

Honorable Patricia S. Harris, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District

of Arkansas.

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Appellate Case: 19-2169 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/11/2020 Entry ID: 4880143