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Dou gl as L. W eb er, Warden ; Br an di Cs or da cs ic s; Heat he r Bo wers

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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Dis tri ct of S ou th Dako ta - Sio ux Fal ls

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be r 26 , 20 13 Fi le d: Jan ua ry

9, 2 01 4 [Un pu bl is he d]

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In th is 42 U.S.C. § 19 83 act io n, So ut h Dak ot a in m at e Lesl ie Jo hn so n app eal s th e di st ric t co ur t’s di sm is sa l ba se d up on th e ab st en ti on do ct rin e se t fo rth in You ng er

v. Harri s, 40 1 U.S. 37 (1 97 1)

. Upo n care fu l rev ie w, we affi rm th e di sm is sa l, bu t no t ba se d on th e You ng er ab st en ti on do ct rin e. See Sp rin t Co m m un ic at io ns , In c. v. Ja c o b s , 13 4 S.Ct

. 58 4, 59 1 (2 01 3) (cl ari fy in g li m it ed ap pl ic ab il it y of You ng era b st en ti on do ct rin e). In st ead , we affi rm th e di sm is sa l on th e gr ou nd th at Jo hn s o n

f a i l ed to st at e a cl ai m up on whi ch rel ie f co ul d be gr an te d. See 28 U.S.C. § 19 15 (e)( 2) (B)( ii ) (d is m is sa l is warra nt ed at an y ti m e in in fo rm a pa up eri s pr oc eed in gs if act io n fai ls to st at e cl ai m up on whi ch rel ie f m ay be gr an te d) ; 28 U.S.C. § 19 15 A (co ur t sh al l rev ie w co m pl ai nt in ci vi l act io n in whi ch pr is on er se ek s red res s fro m go ve rn m en ta l en ti ty, of fic er, or em

pl oyee, an d co ur t sh al l di sm is s co m pl ai nt if it , in te r al ia , f

a i l s to st at e cl ai m up on whi ch rel ie f m ay be gr an te d) ; Sp irt as Co

. v. Nau ti lu s Ins . Co., 7 15 F.3d 66 7, 6 70 -7 1 (8 th Cir . 20 13 ) (d is m is sa l m ay be affi rm ed

on an y ba si s s up po rte d i n re co rd ).

The on ly cl ai m po te nt ia ll y a s s e r te d in Jo hn so n’s co m pl ai nt was a cl ai m of de li be rat e in di ffer en ce to a se rio u s med i cal ne ed , in vi ol at io n of th e Eig ht h Am en dm en t. His al le ga ti on s, ho wev er, w ere in su ffi ci en t to st at e su ch a cl ai m

. See S c h au b v. Von W al d, 63 8 F.3 d 90 5, 91 4- 15 (8 th Ci r. 20 11 ) (to pr ev ai l o n Ei g h t h Am en dm en t cl ai m , in m at e m us t sh ow de fen da nt kn ew of bu t de li be rat el y di sr eg ard ed ob jecti ve ly se rio us m ed ic al ne ed ; de li be rat e indif fe re nc e is eq

uiv al en t to cri m in al -la w reck le ss ne ss ); se e al so W al k e r v

. R e e d , 10 4 F.3 d 15 6, 15 7 (8 th Ci r. 19 97 ) (d es pi te li be ral pr o se pl ead in g st an da rd , t o s t at e co gn iz ab le § 19 83 cl ai m , co m pl ai nt m us t al le ge de fen da nt de pr iv ed pl ai nt iff of rig ht , pr iv il eg e, or im m un it y se cu red by Co ns ti tu ti on or f

ed eral law)

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Acco rd in gl y , we affi rm

th e d is m is sa l o f Jo hn so n’s s ect io n 1 98 3 c om pl ai nt

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