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Parties Involved:
Kathy Bachmeier
Appellee
Leann K. Bertsch
Appellee
Dennis Francazi
Appellee
Pete Fried
Appellee
John Hagan
Appellee
Steve Johnson
Appellee
Darcy Klimpel
Appellee
Dennis Kroh
Appellee
ND Department of Corrections
Appellee
ND State Penitentiary
Appellee
Rough Rider Industries
Appellee
Werner Wolfgang Rummer
Appellant
Robyn T. Schmalenberger
Appellee
Timothy Schuetzle
Appellee
State of North Dakota
Appellee
Jessica Wilkins
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 16-1131

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Werner Wolfgang Rummer

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

State of North Dakota; ND Department of Corrections; ND State Penitentiary;

Rough Rider Industries; Leann K. Bertsch; Timothy Schuetzle; Dennis Francazi;

Dennis Kroh; Pete Fried; Steve Johnson; Robyn T. Schmalenberger; Darcy

Klimpel; Kathy Bachmeier; Jessica Wilkins; John Hagan

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of North Dakota - Bismarck

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 Submitted: December 21, 2016

Filed: December 28, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before SHEPHERD, ARNOLD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 16-1131 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/28/2016 Entry ID: 4484001 
North Dakota inmate Werner Wolfgang Rummer appeals the district court’s1

adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Viewing the

summary judgment record in a light most favorable to Mr. Rummer, and drawing all

reasonable inferences in his favor, see Peterson v. Kopp, 754 F.3d 594, 598 (8th Cir.

2014) (de novo review), we agree with the district court that there were no jury issues

on Mr. Rummer’s claims of deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. See

Nelson v. Shuffman, 603 F.3d 439, 449 (8th Cir. 2010) (inmate’s mere difference of

opinion over matters of expert medical judgment or course of medical treatment do

not amount to constitutional violation); Popoalii v. Corr. Med. Servs., 512 F.3d 488,

499 (8th Cir. 2008) (deliberate indifference is akin to criminal recklessness, and

inmate must show more than even gross negligence);see also Jackson v. Riebold, 815

F.3d 1114, 1119-20 (8th Cir. 2016) (inmate must place verifying medical evidence

in record to establish detrimental effect of medical treatment delay). The judgment

of the district court is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.2

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The Honorable Daniel L. Hovland, Chief Judge, United States District Court

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for the District of North Dakota, adopting the report and recommendations of the

Honorable Charles S. Miller, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge for the District of

North Dakota.

We have not considered Mr. Rummer’s challenges to orders denying his

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motionsfor counsel and discovery, including a discovery hearing, because the orders

were issued by the magistrate and he did not object to the orders below. See Fed. R.

Civ. P. 72(a) (where pretrial matter not dispositive of party’s claim is referred to

magistrate, party may serve and file objections to magistrate’s order within 14 days;

party may not assign error defect in order not timely objected to); see also St. Jude

Med. S.C., Inc. v. Tormey, 779 F.3d 894, 901-02 (8th Cir. 2015) (party could not

challenge magistrate’s nondispositive pretrial discovery order on appeal as he did not

timely file objections before district court). 

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Appellate Case: 16-1131 Page: 2 Date Filed: 12/28/2016 Entry ID: 4484001