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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. 09-3856

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Roderick White, *

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Appellant, *

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v. *

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Jonathan Simmons, Dr., Arkansas *

Department of Correction; Larry *

Bowler, Dr., Arkansas Department *

of Correction; Charlotte Green, * Appeal from the United States

Infirmary Administrator, East * District Court for the

Arkansas Regional Unit, ADC; Tommy * Eastern District of Arkansas.

James, Assistant Warden, Tucker *

Unit, ADC; David White, Warden * [UNPUBLISHED]

Maximum Security Unit, ADC; *

Venita King, Classification Officer, *

Maximum Security Unit, ADC; Juanita *

Stell, Infirmary Manager, Maximum *

Security Unit, ADC; Nnamdi Ifediora, *

Arkansas Department of Correction, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: July 7, 2010

Filed: July 16, 2010

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Before LOKEN, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

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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 Roderick White appeals the district court’s1

 adverse judgment

in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Following careful de novo review, see Murphy v.

Mo. Dep’t of Corr., 372 F.3d 979, 982 (8th Cir. 2004), we agree with the district court

that the undisputed evidence presented at a hearing and in support of the parties’

summary judgment filings showed that no defendant knowingly compelled White to

perform labor that was dangerous to his health or unduly painful, or was deliberately

indifferent to his serious medical needs, see Ambrose v. Young, 474 F.3d 1070, 1075

(8th Cir. 2007) (knowingly compelling inmate to perform labor that is beyond

inmate’s strength, dangerous to his life or health, or unduly painful, violates Eighth

Amendment); Pietrafeso v. Lawrence County, S.D., 452 F.3d 978, 983 (8th Cir. 2006)

(deliberate indifference may include intentionally denying or delaying access to

medical care, or intentionally interfering with treatment or medication that has been

prescribed; defendant’s gross negligence and inmate’s mere disagreement with

treatment decisions do not support finding of deliberate indifference). The evidence

also established that White did not administratively exhaust, or otherwise allege facts

supporting, his retaliation claim.

Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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