Case Name: John Anthony SPENCER Plaintiff-Appellant v. WARDEN FPC DULUTH; CO Anderson; CO Baker; CO Gravdal; CO Brian H; Unknown CO with CO Baker on 12-19-12; Mail Room Staff of Dec. 12, 2012; FPC Duluth; Chris Nickrenz; Patrick Thyen Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-09-21
Citations: 697 F. App'x 486
Docket Number: No. 16-4142
Parties: John Anthony SPENCER Plaintiff-Appellant v. WARDEN FPC DULUTH; CO Anderson; CO Baker; CO Gravdal; CO Brian H; Unknown CO with CO Baker on 12-19-12; Mail Room Staff of Dec. 12, 2012; FPC Duluth; Chris Nickrenz; Patrick Thyen Defendants-Appellees
Judges: Before GRUENDER, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 697
Pages: 486–486

Head Matter:
John Anthony SPENCER Plaintiff-Appellant v. WARDEN FPC DULUTH; CO Anderson; CO Baker; CO Gravdal; CO Brian H; Unknown CO with CO Baker on 12-19-12; Mail Room Staff of Dec. 12, 2012; FPC Duluth; Chris Nickrenz; Patrick Thyen Defendants-Appellees
No. 16-4142
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: September 18, 2017
Filed: September 21, 2017
John Anthony Spencer, Pro Se
Bahram Samie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Ap-pellees
Before GRUENDER, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Federal inmate John Spencer appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his civil rights action filed under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). Following careful de novo review of the record, we agree with the district court that defendants were entitled to summary judgment on Spencer's due process, denial-of-court-access, and retaliation claims for the reasons cited in the magistrate judge's report. We also find no abuse of discretion in the denial of appointment of counsel. The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Janie S. Mayeron, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.