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

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The Honorable Theodore McMillian died January 18, 2006. This opinion is

being filed by the remaining judges of the panel pursuant to 8th Cir. Rule 47E.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-3925

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Antonio Ellis, *

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Appellant, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

Ransom Evans, Lt., Varner Super Max, * Eastern District of Arkansas.

ADC (originally sued as R. Evans); *

Marshall Gonder, Sgt., Varner Super * [UNPUBLISHED]

Max, ADC (originally sued as M. *

Gonder); Samuel Baker, Sgt., Varner *

Super Max, ADC (originally sued as *

S. Baker); Rickey McCarrell, Sgt., *

Varner Super Max, ADC (originally *

sued as Rickey McCarroll), *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: January 6, 2006

Filed: January 19, 2006

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Before BYE, McMILLIAN1

, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 04-3925 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/19/2006 Entry ID: 1998807
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The Honorable Jerry W. Cavaneau, United States Magistrate Judge for the

Eastern 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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Arkansas inmate Antonio Ellis appeals the district court’s2

 adverse judgment

on a jury verdict in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Because Ellis did not respond to this

court’s show-cause order, his motion for preparation of a trial transcript was denied,

and without a trial transcript it is impossible to address Ellis’s argument on appeal that

the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. See Schmid v. United Bhd. of

Carpenters & Joiners of Am., 827 F.2d 384, 386 (8th Cir. 1987) (per curiam), cert.

denied, 484 U.S. 1071 (1988). Ellis also asserts that the jury incorrectly determined

the witnesses’ credibility, but we will not second-guess a jury’s credibility

determinations. See Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. John Labatt Ltd., 89 F.3d 1339, 1346

(8th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1109 (1997). 

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

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Appellate Case: 04-3925 Page: 2 Date Filed: 01/19/2006 Entry ID: 1998807