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Parties Involved:
Becker
Appellee
Hall
Appellee
Charles E. Knight
Appellant
Lylies
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2910

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Charles E. Knight, *

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Appellant, *

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v. *

* Appeal from the United States

Becker, Officer of the Benton County * District Court for the

Jail, Bentonville, Arkansas; Lylies, * Western District of Arkansas.

Officer of the Benton County Jail, *

Bentonville, Arkansas; Hall, Officer of * [UNPUBLISHED]

the Benton County Jail, Bentonville, *

Arkansas, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: December 28, 2006

Filed: January 11, 2007

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Before RILEY, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

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The Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren, Chief Judge, United States District Court

for the Western District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the

Honorable Beverly S. Jones, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District

of Arkansas.

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Former Arkansas prisoner Charles Knight appeals the district court’s1

 dismissal

of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action following a pretrial evidentiary hearing. Upon careful

review of the record and the parties’ submissions, see Choate v. Lockhart, 7 F.3d

1370, 1373 & n.1 (8th Cir. 1993) (reviewing district court’s factual findings for clear

error and its conclusions of law de novo), we agree with the district court that Knight

failed to show that defendants denied him bed rest for racially discriminatory reasons,

or that the force they used in escorting him to his cell was unreasonable. See

McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279, 292 (1987) (equal protection); Andrews v. Neer,

253 F.3d 1052, 1060-61 (8th Cir. 2001) (excessive force). 

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

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