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Parties Involved:
Jerry Todd Brewer
Appellant
Craighead County Jail
Appellee
Jonesboro Police Department
Appellee
Jeremy Wheelis
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3543

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Jerry Todd Brewer

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Jonesboro Police Department; Craighead County Jail; Jeremy Wheelis, Police

Officer, Jonesboro Police Department

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro

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 Submitted: May 27, 2016

Filed: June 2, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

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Jerry Todd Brewer appeals the district court’s adverse judgment entered after 1

a bench trial in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We conclude that Brewer’s challenge

to the district court’s findings of fact are not susceptible to meaningful review

because he failed to provide a transcript of the trial proceedings. See Fed. R. App.

P. 10(b) (addressing appellant’s obligations with respect to transcript); Schmid v.

United Bhd. of Carpenters & Joiners of Am., 827 F.2d 384, 386 (8th Cir. 1987) (per

curiam) (where pro se appellant did not order trial transcript, appellate court could not

review challenges to evidentiary rulings or to sufficiency of evidence). We further

conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying appointed

counsel, see Phillips v. Jasper Cty. Jail, 437 F.3d 791, 794-95 (8th Cir. 2006)

(standard of review), or in denying Brewer’s post-trial motion, cf. Fed. R. Civ. P.

59(a)(2); Parton v. White, 203 F.3d 552, 556 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (standard

of review); and that his request for a jury trial was untimely, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 38(b). 

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable Brian S. Miller, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

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the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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