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

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The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the

Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the

Honorable William A. Knox, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District

of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-2294

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James Hill, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the Western

* District of Missouri.

Dave Dormire, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: May 24, 2007

Filed: May 30, 2007

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Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

James Hill, a Missouri inmate, appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of

summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Dave Dormire, former

superintendent at Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP). We grant Hill leave to proceed

in forma pauperis on appeal.

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Hill alleged that he had been exposed to a number of dangerous environmental

conditions at MSP which had caused skin problems, stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea

and vomiting. Having carefully reviewed the record, we agree with the district court

that Hill offered no evidence that any medical problem he suffered was attributable

to the alleged conditions and no evidence that Dormire was deliberately indifferent to

a substantial risk of serious harm to him or other inmates. See Choate v. Lockhart, 7

F.3d 1370, 1373-74 (8th Cir. 1993) (to establish Eighth Amendment violation,

prisoner must show that alleged condition was objectively sufficiently serious and that

prison officials’ actions subjectively demonstrated deliberate indifference to prisoner’s

health or safety). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 

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