Case Name: Roger Dale SIMS, Appellant, v. Gaylon LAY, Warden, Cummins Unit, ADC (originally sued as G. Lay), Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-08-27
Citations: 342 F. App'x 237
Docket Number: No. 08-2762
Parties: Roger Dale SIMS, Appellant, v. Gaylon LAY, Warden, Cummins Unit, ADC (originally sued as G. Lay), Appellee.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, RILEY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 342
Pages: 237–237

Head Matter:
Roger Dale SIMS, Appellant, v. Gaylon LAY, Warden, Cummins Unit, ADC (originally sued as G. Lay), Appellee.
No. 08-2762.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 26, 2009.
Filed: Aug. 27, 2009.
Roger Dale Sims, Arkansas Department of Correction, Grady, AR, pro se.
Christopher R. Hart, Brittany Leah McCollum, Attorney General’s Office, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee.
Before WOLLMAN, RILEY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Roger Dale Sims appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action following remand for further proceedings on a claim against one defendant, see Sims v. Lay, 216 Fed.Appx. 599, 600 (8th Cir.2007) (unpublished per curiam). Having carefully reviewed the record and considered Sims's arguments, we find no basis for reversal. See Johnson v. Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir.2006) (de novo standard of review); Madewell v. Roberts, 909 F.2d 1203, 1208 (8th Cir.1990) (§ 1983 liability requires direct responsibility for alleged deprivation of rights). Sims also appeals the district court's denial of his motions to amend the complaint and for a preliminary injunction, but we find no abuse of discretion in these rulings. See Marmo v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., 457 F.3d 748, 755 (8th Cir.2006) (standard for reviewing denial of leave to amend); Lankford v. Sherman, 451 F.3d 496, 503-04 (8th Cir.2006) (standard for reviewing denial of preliminary injunction).
Accordingly, we affirm.
. The Honorable Jerry W. Cavaneau, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).