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Parties Involved:
Eric Banta
Appellee
Paul M. Laird
Appellee
Anthony Rizzuti
Appellant
Linda Sanders
Appellee
Harrell Watts
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1439

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Anthony Rizzuti

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Linda Sanders, Warden; Eric Banta, Supervisory Correctional Systems Specialist;

Paul M. Laird, Regional Director; Harrell Watts, Administrator

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield

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 Submitted: July 22, 2015

Filed: July 27, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before SHEPHERD, BYE, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 15-1439 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/27/2015 Entry ID: 4299120 
Federal inmate Anthony Rizzuti appeals the district court’s adverse grant of 1

summary judgment in his action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed.

Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Upon careful review of the record and the

parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the district court’s summary judgment

decision was proper, see Cody v. Weber, 256 F.3d 764, 767 (8th Cir. 2001) (de novo

standard ofreview); see also Thomas v. Corwin, 483 F.3d 516, 526-27 (8thCir. 2007)

(mere allegations, unsupported by specific facts or evidence beyond nonmoving

party’s conclusions, are insufficient to withstand summary judgment motion), and we

further conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in handling

discovery matters, see In re Mo. Dep’t of Natural Res., 105 F.3d 434, 435 (8th Cir.

1997) (management of discovery is committed to sound discretion of trial court;

scope of review of discovery orders is both narrow and deferential).

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

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The Honorable M. Douglas Harpool, United States District Judge for the

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Western District of Missouri.

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Appellate Case: 15-1439 Page: 2 Date Filed: 07/27/2015 Entry ID: 4299120