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Parties Involved:
Clifton Bowen
Appellee
David Dormire
Appellee
David Freeman
Appellee
Maurice D. Roberts
Appellant
Edward Ruppel
Appellee
Matt Strum
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 14-3252

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Maurice D. Roberts

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Edward Ruppel; Clifton Bowen; David Dormire; Matt Strum; David Freeman

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City

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 Submitted: January 6, 2016

Filed: January 11, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before SMITH, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Missouri inmate Maurice Roberts appeals after the district court entered final 1

judgment in his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We conclude that, for the reasons

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

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Western District of Missouri.

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given by the district court: (1) dismissal was proper as to the four defendants named

in Roberts’s original complaint, see Rochling v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, 725 F.3d

927, 930 (8th Cir. 2013) (standard of review for Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) dismissal);

Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (standard of review

for 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) dismissal); and (2) summary judgment as to added defendant

David Freeman was proper, see Jenkins v. Cty. of Hennepin, Minn., 557 F.3d 628,

631 (8th Cir. 2009) (de novo review of summary judgment grant). We further

conclude there is no basis for reversal in the court’s rulings on Roberts’s numerous

motions throughout the proceedingsregarding discovery,see Metro. Prop. & Cas.Ins.

Co. v. Calvin, 802 F.3d 933, 941 (8th Cir. 2015); the appointment of counsel, see

Phillips v. Jasper Cnty. Jail, 437 F.3d 791, 794 (8th Cir. 2006); injunctive relief, see

Devose v. Herrington, 42 F.3d 470, 471 (8thCir. 1994) (per curiam); or consolidation

with other cases, see U.S. E.P.A. v. City of Green Forest, Ark., 921 F.2d 1394, 1402

(8th Cir. 1990).

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

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