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Parties Involved:
Rickie Green
Appellant
Herman Jonak
Appellee
Denise Krablin
Appellee
Mitchell
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable George Howard, Jr, late a United States District Judge for the

Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the

Honorable H. David Young, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District

of Arkansas. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-1386

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Rickie Green, *

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Appellant, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

Herman Jonak, Dr., Tucker Unit, ADC; * Eastern District of Arkansas.

Mitchell, Ms., Nurse, Tucker Unit, *

ADC; Denise Krablin, Ms., Nurse, * [UNPUBLISHED]

Tucker Unit, ADC, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: September 29, 2007

Filed: November 14, 2007

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Before MURPHY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Arkansas inmate Rickie Green appeals the district court’s1

 dismissal, following

an evidentiary hearing, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. Because Green was the

sole witness at the evidentiary hearing, we agree with the district court that the issue

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was whether his action would survive a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(a) motion

for judgment as a matter of law at trial. See Johnson v. Bi-State Justice Ctr., 12 F.3d

133, 135-36 (8th Cir. 1993). This court reviews de novo such a dismissal. See

Johnson v. Cowell Steel Structures, Inc., 991 F.2d 474, 478 (8th Cir. 1993). 

Initially, we find that Nurse Mitchell was properly dismissed because Green’s

hearing testimony did not implicate her in the denial of treatment at issue. Cf. Martin

v. Sargent, 780 F.2d 1334, 1338 (8th Cir. 1985) (because plaintiff did not allege that

one defendant was personally involved in or had direct responsibility for incidents that

injured him, his claims were not cognizable under § 1983). As to Nurse Denise

Krablin and Dr. Herman Jonak, Green provided no objective medical evidence that

the decision not to examine him on June 2 caused any harm, see Laughlin v. Schriro,

430 F.3d 927, 929 (8th Cir. 2005) (when inmate alleges that delay in treatment rises

to level of Eighth Amendment violation, objective seriousness of deprivation should

be measured by reference to effect of delay, and to establish this effect inmate must

place verifying medical evidence in record), cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 297 (2006); and

Nurse Krablin’s later actions on June 8 when she assessed Green were at most

negligent, see Pietrafeso v. Lawrence County, 452 F.3d 978, 983 (8th Cir. 2006)

(showing of deliberate indifference is greater than gross negligence). 

Accordingly, we affirm. We also deny Green’s motion for counsel. 

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