Case Name: Danny SITTON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES; Erin Escamilla, Nurse; Dr. John A. Matthews; Dr. Thomas Baker; Pamela Swartz, Nurse; Dave DormirE, Warden; George Lombardi, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-27
Citations: 600 F. App'x 498
Docket Number: No. 14-2140
Parties: Danny SITTON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES; Erin Escamilla, Nurse; Dr. John A. Matthews; Dr. Thomas Baker; Pamela Swartz, Nurse; Dave DormirE, Warden; George Lombardi, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before BYE, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 600
Pages: 498–499

Head Matter:
Danny SITTON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES; Erin Escamilla, Nurse; Dr. John A. Matthews; Dr. Thomas Baker; Pamela Swartz, Nurse; Dave DormirE, Warden; George Lombardi, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-2140.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: April 17, 2015.
Filed: April 27, 2015.
Danny Sitton, Jefferson City, MO, pro se.
Jessica L. Liss, Jackson Lewis PC, St. Louis, MO, for appellees.
Before BYE, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Inmate Danny Sitton appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment on his claims against Correctional Medical Services and Dr. John A. Matthews in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We find no merit to Sitton's challenges to the grant of summary judgment. See Mason v. Corr. Med. Servs., Inc., 559 F.3d 880, 884-85 (8th Cir.2009) (de novo review). We also find no abuse of discretion in the district court's denial of Sitton's motion for recusal. See 28 U.S.C. § 144 (requiring reassignment if party files timely and sufficient affidavit stating judge has personal bias or prejudice against him or in favor of adverse party); Bannister v. Delo, 100 F.3d 610, 614 (8th Cir.1996) (judge presiding over case is presumed impartial and party bears substantial burden of proving otherwise; not all unfavorable dispositions towards individual or his case are properly described by terms bias or prejudice). The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
. The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.