United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 17-2687

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Mark Bitzan

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

Cassandra Zent

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff

v.

Jerry Bartruff, IDOC Director; John Baldwin, Former IDOC Director; Sheryl

Dahm, Assistant IDOC Deputy Director; Nick Ludwick, ISP Warden; Mark

Roberts, ISP Deputy Warden; Rebecca Bowker, ISP Executive Officer; Mike

Schierbrock, ISP A/W Treatment; Jill Johnson, ISP Administrative Assistant;

Randy VanWye, ISP Investigator; David DeGrange, ISP Investigator; Cynthia

Phillips, ISP Mailroom

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees

Debbie Nichols, ISP Former A/W Security; Jay Nelson, IDOC Religious

Coordinator; Statewide Religion Review Committee; Julie Johnson, ISP Former

A/W Administration; Nikki Eaves, ISP Mailroom; Jane Doe, ISP Mailroom;

Debbie Ferril, ISP Property; Berl Wilcox, ISP Segregation Unit Manager; Mike

Eisnnicher, ISP Segregation Committee; Bradley Hoenig, ISP Segregation

Committee; Dorothy Faust, Religion Review Committee

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants

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No. 17-2690

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Mark Bitzan

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff

Cassandra Zent

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Jerry Bartruff, IDOC Director; John Baldwin, Former IDOC Director; Sheryl

Dahm, Assistant IDOC Deputy Director; Nick Ludwick, ISP Warden; Mark

Roberts, ISP Deputy Warden; Rebecca Bowker, ISP Executive Officer; Mike

Schierbrock, ISP A/W Treatment; Jill Johnson, ISP Administrative Assistant;

David DeGrange, ISP Investigator; Randy VanWye, ISP Investigator; Cynthia

Phillips, ISP Mailroom

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees

Debbie Nichols, ISP Former A/W Security; Jay Nelson, IDOC Religious

Coordinator; Statewide Religion Review Committee; Julie Johnson, ISP Former

A/W Administration; Nikki Eaves, ISP Mailroom; Jane Doe, ISP Mailroom;

Debbie Ferril, ISP Property; Berl Wilcox, ISP Segregation Unit Manager; Mike

Eisnnicher, ISP Segregation Committee; Bradley Hoenig, ISP Segregation

Committee; Dorothy Faust, Religion Review Committee

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants

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Appeals from United States District Court 

for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines

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Submitted: July 27, 2018

Filed: August 7, 2018

[Unpublished]

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Before GRUENDER, KELLY, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

In these consolidated appeals, Iowa inmate Mark Bitzan, and his mother

Cassandra Zent, challenge the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment

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in their joint 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Viewing the record in a light most favorable

to appellants, and drawing all reasonable inferences in their favor, see Sisney v.

Kaemingk, 886 F.3d 692, 697 (8th Cir. 2018) (de novo review), we agree with the

district court that summary judgment was warranted in this case. The judgment is

affirmed, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and appellants’ motions to supplement the record are

denied. 

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The Honorable John A. Jarvey, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

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the Southern District of Iowa. 

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