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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3487

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Rex Gard

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Dennis Kaemingk, Secretary of Corrections for State of South Dakota,

individually and in his official capacity; Doug Weber, Director of Prison

Operations, individually and in his official capacity; Bob Dooley, Warden at Mike

Durfee State Prison, individually and in his official capacity; Troy Ponto,

Associate Warden at SDSP, individually and in his official capacity; Leland

Tjeerdsma, Major, Head of Special Security, Mike Durfee State Prison,

individually and in his official capacity; Clifton Fantroy, Unit Manager at SDSP

Unit, individually and in his official capacity; George Deglman, Unit Manager at

Mike Durfee State Prison, individually and in his official capacity; Sgt. Larson,

Sergeant at Mike Durfee State Prison, individually and in his official capacity;

Property Officer Berthelson, Property Officer at the SDSP Warehouse individually

and in his official capacity

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls

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 Submitted: November 4, 2016

Filed: November 8, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Appellate Case: 15-3487 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/08/2016 Entry ID: 4467155 
Before WOLLMAN, ARNOLD, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

South Dakota inmate Rex Gard appeals the district court’s adverse grant of 1

summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon de novo review, we find no

error in the district court’s thorough and well-reasoned analysis of Mr. Gard’s claims. 

See Murchison v. Rogers, 779 F.3d 882, 886-87 (8th Cir. 2015) (viewing summary

judgment record in light most favorable to non-movant, and drawing all reasonable

inferences from it in his favor). We find no merit to Mr. Gard’s challenges to the

other rulings he identifies. While we conclude that affirmance is warranted, see 8th

Cir. R. 47B, we modify the district court’s judgment to reflect that the adverse grant

of summary judgment does not constitute a strike under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 

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The Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, United States District Judge for the

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District of South Dakota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable

Veronica L. Duffy, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of South Dakota.

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Appellate Case: 15-3487 Page: 2 Date Filed: 11/08/2016 Entry ID: 4467155