# U ni te d S ta te s Co ur t of A pp ea ls For the Eig hth Circu it

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No. 1 8- 19 76

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Bo bb y F. McR ey no ld s

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v.

Pres to n Gl en n, J ai l Ad m in is tra to r, Nev ad a Co un ty Jail ; Ch ris to ph er Watt in gn y , Doc to r, W ad le y

Med ic al Cen te r; Wadl ey Reg io na l M ed ic al Cen te r at Hop e; Dr. Elk in s, Nev ad a Co un ty Jail ; Sh eri ff Dan ny Mart in , Neva da Co un ty Jail

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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Weste rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s - Tex ark an a

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Su bm it te d: Feb ru ary 19 , 20 19 Fi le d: Feb ru ary 25 , 20 19 [Un pu bl is he d]

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Befo re GRUENDER, BOW MAN, an d S TRAS, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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PER CURI AM.In th is 42 U.S.C. § 1 9 8 3 a c ti on , Ark an sa s in m at e Bo bb y F. McR ey no ld s

ap pe al s or de rs of th e di st ric t co ur t 1 di sm is si ng th e c l a i m s ag ai ns t so m e de fen da nt s,

an d gr an ti ng su m

m ary jud gm en t to th e rem ai ni ng de fen da nt s. Co ns tru in g th e reco rd
in a li gh t m os t fav or ab le to McR ey no ld s, an d dr awin g al l reas on ab le in fere nc es in hi s fav or , we ag ree with th e di st ric t co ur t’s re as on s fo r fi nd in g t ha t s um m ary jud gm en t

was warra nt ed on th e cl ai m s ag ai ns t de fen da nt s Pres to n Glen n, Dr. Elk in s, an d
Sh eri ff Dan ny Mart in

. Se e La ga ni er e v. Ct y. of Olms te d , 77 2 F .3d 11 14
, 11 16 (8 th
Ci r. 20 14 ) (d e no vo rev ie w). As to th e rem ai ni ng de fen da nt s, we ag ree th at W ad le y Med ic al Cen te r was no t a st at e act or , se e Gen tr y v. Ci ty of

Lee’ s Su mmit

, Mo.
, 10 F.3 d
13 40
, 13 42 (8 th Ci r. 19 93 ) ( r eco gn iz in g th at on e of th e two es se nt ia l el em en ts of a § 19 83 act io n is s h o w i n g th at co m pl ai ne d- of

-co nd uc t was co m

m it te d by a pe rs on

a c t i n g u n d er co lo r of st at e la w, i.e. a pe rs on who was act in g on be ha lf of th e st a t e wit h au th or it y pr ov id ed by th e st at e); an d we co nc lu de th at th e co ur t was req ui red to
di sm is s Dr. Ch ris to ph e r Wa t t in gn y fo r fai lu re to se rv e aft er gi vi ng McR ey no ld s

se ve ral ex te ns io ns to pr ov id e an accu rat e ad dr es s fo r se rv ic e, se e Fed

. R. Ci v. P. 4( m ) (h ol di ng th at if de fen da nt is no t se rv ed wit hi n 90 da y s aft er th e co m pl ai nt is fil ed

, th e

co ur t— on a m ot io n, or on it s own fo ll owi ng no ti ce to th e pl ai nt iff —m us t di sm is s th e
act io n wit ho ut pr ejud ic e ag ai ns t t h a t d e f e n d a nt or or de r th at se rv ic e be m ad e by a
cert ai n ti m e). W e fin d no m eri t to McR ey no ld s’s ch al le ng es to ot he r or de rs , an d we de cl in e to co ns id er th e ne w m at te rs he rai se s, se e St on e v. Har ry , 36 4 F.3 d 91 2, 91 4-
15 (8t h C ir. 2 01 4) (ex pl ai ni ng in pro se a pp eal th at ne w all eg at io ns an d c la im s wi ll

no t be co ns id ered ). The jud gm en t is affi rm ed

, se e 8t h Ci r. R. 47 B; an d McR ey no ld s’s

ap pe ll at e m ot io ns are d en ie d.

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1 The Hon or ab le Su sa n O. Hick ey , Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e W es te rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s, in pa rt ad op ti ng th e rep or t an d rec o mm e n d a t i o ns of th e Hon or ab le Barr y A. Bryant
, Uni te d St at es Mag is tra te Ju dg e fo r th e W es te rn Dis tri ct of Arka ns as

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