Case Name: David DeWayne OCKERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Ryan BAKER, Police Officer, Sherwood Police Department, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-08-29
Citations: 528 F. App'x 687
Docket Number: No. 12-3946
Parties: David DeWayne OCKERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Ryan BAKER, Police Officer, Sherwood Police Department, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 528
Pages: 687–688

Head Matter:
David DeWayne OCKERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Ryan BAKER, Police Officer, Sherwood Police Department, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-3946.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 26, 2013.
Filed: Aug. 29, 2013.
David DeWayne Ockerman, N. Little Rock, AR, pro se.
David M. Fuqua, Whitney F. Moore, Fuqua & Campbell, Little Rock, AR, Russell A. Wood, Wood Law Firm, Russell-ville, AR, for Defendant>-Appellee.
Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
David Ockerman filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1988 complaint claiming that police officer Ryan Baker used excessive force by shooting him during his arrest. Baker moved for summary judgment, and Ocker-man did not respond. The district court granted Baker summary judgment on the merits, concluding that no constitutional violation occurred. The court found that the force Baker used was objectively reasonable given the threat Ockerman posed to him, as Ockerman was holding a knife during their encounter. Ockerman moved for reconsideration, which the district court denied. He appeals.
After de novo review, see Lieffort v. Dakota, Minn. & E.R.R. Co., 702 F.3d 1055, 1057 (8th Cir.2013), we agree that summary judgment was proper for the reasons the district court stated; and we find no abuse of discretion in the denial of reconsideration, see Cont'l Holdings, Inc. v. Crown Holdings Inc., 672 F.3d 567, 574 (8th Cir.2012) (standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.