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Parties Involved:
Correct Care Solutions
Appellee
Tony Anthony Day
Appellant
Minnehaha County
Appellee
Minnehaha County Jail
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1667

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Tony Anthony Day

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Minnehaha County; Minnehaha County Jail; Correct Care Solutions

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls

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 Submitted: January 26, 2016

Filed: January 29, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before BENTON, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Tony Day appeals after the District Court granted the defendants’ motionsfor

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judgment on the pleadings in Day’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action related to medical care

The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States DistrictJudge for the District 1

of South Dakota.

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he received at a county jail. After de novo review, we conclude that the motions were

properly granted. See Greenman v. Jessen, 787 F.3d 882, 887 (8th Cir. 2015)

(standard of review); see also Bd. of the Cty. Comm’rs v. Brown, 520 U.S. 397,

403–04 (1997) (discussing municipal liability under § 1983); Owens v. Scott Cty.

Jail, 328 F.3d 1026, 1027 (8th Cir. 2003) (per curiam) (noting that “county jails are

not legal entities amenable to suit”); Smith v. Insley’s Inc., 499 F.3d 875, 880 (8th

Cir. 2007) (discussing liability of corporations under § 1983). We affirm the

judgment.

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