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Parties Involved:
John E. Belton
Appellant
Correctional Medical Services
Appellee
Carol Gunter
Appellee
Gary Kempker
Appellee
L. Luria
Appellee
Steven Moore
Appellee
Lea Pemberton
Appellee
Danny Stanton
Appellee
Steinman
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Ortrie D. Smith, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1479

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John E. Belton, *

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Appellant, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

Gary Kempker; Steinman; L. Luria; * Western District of Missouri.

Carol Gunter; Danny Stanton; *

Correctional Medical Services, Inc.; * [UNPUBLISHED]

Lea Pemberton; Steven Moore, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: August 6, 2004

Filed: August 30, 2004 

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Before MELLOY, LAY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Missouri inmate John Belton, formerly incarcerated at Western Missouri

Correctional Center (WMCC), appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary

judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in which he claimed Correctional Medical

Services (CMS) and various employees or officials of CMS, WMCC, and the

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Missouri Department of Corrections, failed to provide him adequate care for his

Hepatitis C virus, and were thereby deliberately indifferent to his serious medical

needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. 

Because Belton appeals only from the order granting summary judgment to

CMS, Deborah Steinman, Dr. Lance Luria, and Dr. Danny Stanton, we dismiss the

appeal as to the other listed appellees. As to the summary judgment order, we have

carefully reviewed the record, see Jolly v. Knudsen, 205 F.3d 1094, 1096 (8th Cir.

2000) (standard of review), and we conclude the district court properly granted

summary judgment, see Smith v. Marcantonio, 910 F.2d 500, 502 (8th Cir. 1990)

(inmate’s disagreement with medical treatment is not basis for Eighth Amendment

claim); Long v. Nix, 86 F.3d 761, 765 (8th Cir. 1996) (if medical experts disagree

over appropriate course of treatment, prison officials do not violate Eighth

Amendment when they refuse to implement inmate’s requested treatment).

Accordingly, we dismiss in part, and affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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