# U n i t e d S t a t e s C o u r t o f A pp e a l s For the Eig hth Circu it

_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
No . 1 8 -2 3 58

_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
J am es El m er Sh aw

ll l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Pl a in t i

f f - Ap p el l an t

v

.

Tro y Po n t o , As so ci at e W ard en , In d i v i d u al an dOffi ci al Cap aci t y ; Al M ad s en , Un i t M an ag er, In d i v i d u al an d Offi ci al Cap aci t y , Sam Bad u re, Un it M an ag er, In d i v i d u al

an d Offi ci al Cap aci t y , Deri ckBi eb er, Un i t M an ag er, In d iv i d ual an dOffi ci al Cap aci t y , J aco b Gl as ier, Un i t Co o rd i n at o r, In d i v i d u al an dOffi ci al Cap aci t y , Dr. M ary Carp en t er, M .D. (Heal t h Serv i ces ), In d i v i d u al an dOffi ci al Cap aci t y ; Dr. E u g en e Reg i er, M .D., In d i v i d u al an d Offi ci al Cap aci ty ; Heat h er Bo wers , RN (Heal t h Serv i ces ), In d iv i d u al an d Offi ci al Cap aci t y ; Au d rey Sh ed d , Head Reg i s t er Nu rs e, In d i v i d u al an dOffi ci al Cap aci ty

l l l l l l ll l l l l l l l l l l l l lDef

en d a n t s - Ap p el l ees

_

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ap p eal fro m

Un i t edSt at es Di s t ri ct Co u rt fo r t h e Di st ri ct o f So u t h Dak o t a - Si o u x Fal l s

_

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Su b m i t t ed : M ay

1 0
, 2 0 1 9 Fi l ed : M ay

1 7 , 2 01 9 [Un pu b l is h ed ]

_ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ Befo re ERICKSON, W OLLM A N, an dGRASZ, Ci rcu i t J u d g es

.

_ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _

PER CURIAM

.In t h i s 4 2 U.S.C. § 1 9 8 3 act i o n , t h e d i s t ri ct co u rt 1 ad o p t ed i n p art a m ag i s t rat e

ju d g e’ s 2 reco m

m en d at i on t o g ran t p art i al s u m m ary ju d g m en t on so m e o f Sh aw’ s cl ai m s , an d fo l l o wi n g a ju ry tri al
, en t ered ju d g m en t o n t h e j u r y v erd i ct ag ai n s t h i m

o n h is rem ai n i n g cl ai m s. On a p p e a l
, Sh aw ch al l en g es o n l y t h e p art i al g ran t o f

s u m m ary ju d g m en t , arg ui n g th at t h e d i s t ri ct co u rt erred i n det erm i n i ng t h at s o m e o f h i s cl ai m s were b arred b y t h e s t at u t e of l i m it at i o n s an d t h a t t h e c o u rt fai l ed to

reco g n ize t h at h i s v eri fi ed co m p l ai n t was t h e eq u i v al en t o f an affi d av i t fo r s u m m ary ju d g m en t p u rp o ses

.

W e co n cl ud e t h at t h e d i s t ri ct co u rt d i d n o t err i n fi nd i ng t h at so m e o f Sh aw’ s cl ai m s w ere t i m e-b arred

. See Bel l v

. Fo w l er, 9 9 F.3 d 2 6 2, 2 6 5-6 6 (8 th Ci r. 1 9 9 6 ) (So u th Dak o t a’ s 3 -y ear s t at u te of l i m i t at i o n s ap p l i es t o § 1 98 3 act io ns ). Fu rt h er, aft er d e n o vo rev i ew o f t h e s umm ary ju d gm en t reco rd
, i n c l u d in g Sh aw’ s v eri fi ed

co m p l ai n t , we co n cl u d e t h at t h e g ran t o f p art i al s u m m ary ju d g m en t was warran t ed

. See Ro b ers o n v. Hay t i Po li ce Dep ’ t , 2 4 1 F.3 d 9 92
, 9 9 4 -9 5 (8 t h Ci r. 2 0 0 1) (g ran t o f

s u m m ary ju d g m en t i s rev iewed d e n o vo ; reco rd i s rev i ewedi n l i g h t m o s t fav o rab l e
t o n o nm o v i n g p art y ; v eri fi ed co m p l ai n t i s eq u i v al en t o f affi d av i t fo r s u m m ary ju d g m en t p u rp o ses ). Acco rd i n g l y , we affi rm

. See 8 t h Ci r. R. 4 7 B.

__ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _

1 Th e Ho n orab l e K aren E. Sch rei er, Un i t ed St at es Di s t ri ct Ju d g e fo r t h e Di s t ri ct

o f So ut h Dak o t a.

2 Th e Ho n orab l e Vero n i ca L. Du ffy
, Un i t ed St at es M ag i s t rat e J u d g e fo r t h e Di s t ri ct o f So u t h Dak o t a.

-2

-