# 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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Ken ni e Bo ld en , Chi ef o f Sec ur it y , Varn er Ma x; Mark Ste ph en s, Ca pt ai n, Var ne r Max ; Se dr ic k F oo te , Serg ean t, Varn er Ma x; Bru ce Warren , Lieu te na nt , Varn er Max ; J os ep h B iv en s, Li eu te na nt , Varn er Ma x; Ph il li p Es aw, Lieu te na nt , Varn er Max (or ig in al ly nam ed as P hi ll ip Esau ); J am es Plu m m er, Lie ut en an t, Varn er Ma x; Jo hn Ro dg ers , Serg ean t/ Hoe Sq ua d, Var ne r (o rig in al ly nam ed as R og ers ); Bran do n J am es , Serg ean t/ Hoe Sq ua d, Var ne r (o rig in al ly nam ed as J am es ); Li sa Ch il dr es s, Se rg ean t, Varn er Ma x (o rig in al ly nam edas C hi ld res s) ; Br ia n P erk in s, Serg ean t, Varn er Ma x (o rig in al ly nam ed as P erk in s) ; M ary Llo y d, Se rg ean t, Varn er Ma x (o rig in al ly nam ed as Ll oyd); Bru ce M cCo nn el l, Se rg ean t, Varn er Max (or ig in al ly nam ed as M cCo nn el l); W il li am W il li am s, Se rg ean t, Varn er Ma x (o rig in al ly nam edas W. W il li am s) ; J am arcu s Dav is , Sr., Serg ean t, Varn er Ma x (o rig in al ly nam ed as Da vi s) ; Ra nd y W at so n, Warde n, Var ne r Max ; M os es Ja ck so n, Dep ut y

W ard en , Varn er Ma x; Jer em y And rews , Depu ty W ard en , Varn er Max ; Ch ris Bu dn ik , Depu ty W ard en , Varn er Ma x (o rig in al ly nam edas B ud ni k) ; Ma rs ha ll Re ed
, D ir ec t o r , A D C B o a r d o f C o r r e c t i o n ( o r igi na lly na m ed as Ma rs ha l Re ed )

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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Eas te rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s - P in e Bl uf f

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Befo re WOL LMAN, GRUENDER, and GRASZ, Cir cu it Ju dg es

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PER CURI AM.

Ark an sa s Dep art m en t of Co rrec ti on in m at e Reg in al d L. Dun ah ue ap pe al s th e di st ric t co ur t’s ad op ti on of th e m ag is tra te ’s reco m m en da ti on to di sm is s defe nd an ts 1

Mar y Llo y d, Bru ce McC on ne ll
, W il li am W il li am s, Br uc e W ar ren, Jo se ph Bi ve ns , an d
Ja m arcu s Dav is
, Sr., fo r fai lu re to ex ha us t ad m in is tra t i v e rem ed ie s, an d to gr an t

s u mm a ry jud gm en t on th e m eri ts to th os e de fen da nt s rem ai ni ng in hi s 42 U.S.C. § 1 98 3 a ct io n.

Dun ah ue cl ai m s th at th e di st ric t co ur t (1 ) erre d in co nc lu di ng th at he fai le d to

ex ha us t hi s ad m in is tra ti ve rem ed ie s as to th e si x de fen da nt s na m ed ab o v e; (2 )
im pr op erl y gr an te d su m

m ary jud gm en t on th e m eri ts of hi s cl ai m s th at th e rem ai ni ng de fen da nt s us ed ex ces si ve f o r c e a n d de ni ed hi m ad eq ua te m ed ic al care ; an d (3 )
ab us edit s d is cret io n i n d en y in g h is req ue st for co un se l.

Upo n de no vo rev ie w, we co nc lu de th at th e di st ric t co ur t’s di sm is sa l of th e si x de fen da nt s on th e ba si s of ad m in is tra ti ve ex ha us ti on was pr op er, se e Kin g v. Io wa Dep ’t of Co rr., 59 8 F.3 d 10 51
, 10 52 -5 3 (8 th Ci r. 20 10 ) (s ta nd ard of rev ie w;

ex ha us ti on is pr eco nd it io n to in m at e br in gi ng su it in fed eral co ur t); an d th at it

The Hon or ab le Bri an S. Mi ll er, Ch ie f Ju dg e, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Co ur t fo r 1 th e East ern Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s, ad op ti ng th e rep or t an d reco mm e n d a t i on s of th e Hon or ab le J. Tho m as Ray, Uni te d St at es Mag is tra te Ju dg e fo r th e East ern Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s.

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-co rrec tl y gr an te d su m m ary jud gm en t t o t h e rem ai ni ng de fen da nt s on Dun ah ue ’s

ex ces si ve fo rce an d in ad eq ua te m ed ic al care cl ai m s, se e Bev erl y Hil ls Fo od la nd
, In c.,

v. Uni te d Fo od & Co m

m erci al W or ke rs Uni on , Loc al 65 5, 39 F.3 d 19 1, 19 4 (8 th Ci r. 19 94 ) (s ta nd ard of r ev ie w for su m m ary jud gm en t).

Sp eci fic al ly, we co n c l u d e t h at Dun ah ue fai le d to crea te a ge nu in e is su e of

m at eri al fact as to whe th er fo rce was ap pl ie d m al ic io us ly an d sa di st ic al ly in an effo rt

t o c au se ha rm , se e Ja ck so n v. Gut zm er, 86 6 F.3 d 96 9, 97 4 (8 th Ci r. 20 17 ) (fac t o r s

co ns id ered in ex ces si ve -fo rce reas on ab le ne ss in qu iry); and th at he di d no t es ta bl is h
th at (1 ) th e de fen da nt s refu se d to pr o vi de hi m es se nt ia l care , (2 ) th ey were

res po ns ib le fo r an y de la y in tre at m en t, or th a t h e su ffer ed a de tri m en ta l effe ct as a

res ul t, or (3 ) th e ch al le ng ed cu ffi ng po li cy in te rfer ed wit h hi s ab il it y to rece iv e de nt al

care , cf. Est el le v. Gam

bl e, 42 9 U.S. 97
, 10 4- 05 (1 97 6) (d el ib erat e in di ffer en ce m ay be m an ife st ed by pris on off ic ia ls who in te nt io na ll y de ny or de la y acce ss to m ed ic al

care , or i nt en ti on al ly int erfe re wi th pre sc rib ed tre at m en t).

W e fu rth er co nc lu de th at th e di st ric t co ur t di d no t ab us e it s di sc ret io n whe n it
de ni ed Dun ah ue ’s req ue st s fo r co un se l. See Ph il li ps v. Ja sp er Ct y

. Ja il
, 43 7 F.3 d 79 1,
79 4 (8 th Cir . 20 06 ) (s ta nd ard of r ev ie w; th ere is no co ns ti tu ti on al or st at ut or y rig ht

to ap po in te d c ou ns el in civ il cas es ).

The jud gm en t i s af

fir m ed . See 8 th Cir . R. 47 B.

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