Case Name: Jason PRICE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Steve LARKINS, Warden, ERDCC, Individually; Larry Short, Functional Unit Manager, ERDCC, Individually; Unknown Wescott, Sergeant, Correctional Officer II, ERDCC, Individually; Unknown Miller, Correctional Officer I, ERDCC, Individually; Unknown Holifield, Correctional Officer I, ERDCC, Individually; Michelle Williford, Correctional Officer I, ERDCC, Individually, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-02-27
Citations: 499 F. App'x 622
Docket Number: No. 12-2652
Parties: Jason PRICE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Steve LARKINS, Warden, ERDCC, Individually; Larry Short, Functional Unit Manager, ERDCC, Individually; Unknown Wescott, Sergeant, Correctional Officer II, ERDCC, Individually; Unknown Miller, Correctional Officer I, ERDCC, Individually; Unknown Holifield, Correctional Officer I, ERDCC, Individually; Michelle Williford, Correctional Officer I, ERDCC, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before BYE, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 499
Pages: 622–623

Head Matter:
Jason PRICE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Steve LARKINS, Warden, ERDCC, Individually; Larry Short, Functional Unit Manager, ERDCC, Individually; Unknown Wescott, Sergeant, Correctional Officer II, ERDCC, Individually; Unknown Miller, Correctional Officer I, ERDCC, Individually; Unknown Holifield, Correctional Officer I, ERDCC, Individually; Michelle Williford, Correctional Officer I, ERDCC, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-2652.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 29, 2013.
Filed: Feb. 27, 2013.
Jason Price, Jefferson City, MO, pro se.
Jaclyn Kinkade, Attorney General’s Office, Saint Louis, MO, Joel A. Poole, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General’s Office, Jefferson City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before BYE, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Inmate Jason Price appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon de novo review, see Whitson v. Stone County Jail, 602 F.3d 920, 923 (8th Cir.2010), we agree with the district court that the record does not create a jury issue on whether defendants violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to avert an attack that Price suffered at the hands of a fellow inmate, see Young v. Selk, 508 F.3d 868, 871-72 (8th Cir.2007) (under Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, prison officials must take reasonable steps to guarantee inmate safety by protecting them from attacks by other inmates). Because we agree with the court that the record does not establish an Eighth Amendment violation, we need not address the issue of qualified immunity. See Schmidt, v. City of Bella Villa, 557 F.3d 564, 574 (8th Cir.2009). The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
. The Honorable Audrey G. Fleissig, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.