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Parties Involved:
Charles Allen
Appellee
Darryl E. Briggs
Appellant

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 19-2527

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Darryl E. Briggs

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Charles Allen, Sergeant, Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility (originally

named as Allen)

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee

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Appeal from United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock

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 Submitted: January 13, 2020

Filed: January 22, 2020

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, ERICKSON, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Darryl Briggs sued Pulaski County Regional

Detention Facility Sergeant Charles Allen, claiming that Allen used excessive force

against him while he was incarcerated awaiting transfer to the Arkansas Department

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of Corrections. Briggs appeals the district court’s

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adverse grant of summary

judgment.

Upon careful de novo review, we conclude that Allen was entitled to summary

judgment because it was beyond genuine dispute that Allen’s use of force did not

violate Briggs’s constitutionalrights. See Dooley v. Tharp, 856 F.3d 1177, 1181 (8th

Cir. 2017) (standard of review); see also Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 6-7

(1992) (unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain constitutes cruel and unusual

punishment; whether force is unnecessary and wanton depends on whether it was

applied in good faith to restore discipline, or maliciously and sadistically to cause

harm); Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 690-92 (1978) (official-capacity

claim under § 1983 fails unless official policy or custom caused violation of

plaintiff’s rights). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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1The Honorable Patricia S. Harris, 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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