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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. 16-2603

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Charles Ray Edwards

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena

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 Submitted: March 2, 2017

 Filed: March 7, 2017

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Charles Edwards appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary 1

judgment in his suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act. After careful review of the

The Honorable Joe J. Volpe, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern 1

District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent

of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

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record below, the parties’ submissions on appeal, and the issues properly before us,

see Peterson v. Kopp, 754 F.3d 594, 598 (8th Cir. 2014) (de novo review of grant of

summary judgment), we conclude that the district court properly granted summary

judgment and that Edwards’s arguments for reversal lack merit.

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

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