Case Name: Kevin Lee AUSTIN, Appellant, v. CRAIGHEAD COUNTY JAIL; Bill Clayton, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Norris Watkins, Administrator, Craighead County Jail; Matt Vaughn, Assistant Administrator, Craighead County Jail; Matthew D. Whitley, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Lillard, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Branch, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Jodie Miller, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Richerson, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; S.M. Blanchard, Physician with Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Steve Metcalf, Paramedic with Craighead County Jail, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-07-12
Citations: 189 F. App'x 583
Docket Number: No. 05-2141
Parties: Kevin Lee AUSTIN, Appellant, v. CRAIGHEAD COUNTY JAIL; Bill Clayton, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Norris Watkins, Administrator, Craighead County Jail; Matt Vaughn, Assistant Administrator, Craighead County Jail; Matthew D. Whitley, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Lillard, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Branch, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Jodie Miller, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Richerson, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; S.M. Blanchard, Physician with Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Steve Metcalf, Paramedic with Craighead County Jail, Appellees
Judges: Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 189
Pages: 583–584

Head Matter:
Kevin Lee AUSTIN, Appellant, v. CRAIGHEAD COUNTY JAIL; Bill Clayton, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Norris Watkins, Administrator, Craighead County Jail; Matt Vaughn, Assistant Administrator, Craighead County Jail; Matthew D. Whitley, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Lillard, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Branch, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Jodie Miller, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Richerson, Deputy Sheriff, Craighead County Sheriff's Department; S.M. Blanchard, Physician with Craighead County Sheriff's Department; Steve Metcalf, Paramedic with Craighead County Jail, Appellees
No. 05-2141.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: July 7, 2006.
Decided: July 12, 2006.
Kevin Lee Austin, Bradford, PA, pro se.
Michael R. Rainwater, Scott Paris Richardson, Jason E. Owens, Duncan & Rainwater, Little Rock, AR, for Appellees.
Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Kevin Austin, a federal inmate formerly-housed at the Craighead County Jail, brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action claiming Eighth Amendment violations by jail personnel. He alleged, as relevant, that while he was in administrative segregation, bare electrical wires in his cell touched his bed sheet and made it "explode," injuring his eyes and causing him to lose his sight for about an hour; and that he was not examined by the jail doctor until the next day, and was not referred to an eye specialist. Following a bench trial, the district court dismissed the case with prejudice. Austin appeals.
We find no basis for reversal. See Estate of Davis v. Delo, 115 F.3d 1388, 1393-94 (8th Cir.1997) (standard of review); United States v. Martin, 28 F.3d 742, 745-16 (8th Cir.1994) (district court's determination as to credibility of witness is virtually unreviewable on appeal). Even assuming there was electricity in the wires in Austin's cell, as he alleged, the testimony showed that the defendant jail administrator believed the power to the wires had been cut off, and Austin did not show that defendants actually knew of and disregarded, or were deliberately indifferent to, a risk to his safety. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 832-33, 837, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994); Crow v. Montgomery, 403 F.3d 598, 601-02 (8th Cir.2005). Further, Austin did not prove he was denied adequate medical care while at the jail. He saw the jail doctor the day following his alleged injury and again twenty days later; because the examinations were normal, the doctor did not believe referral to an eye specialist was warranted, and he prescribed eye drops in an attempt to alleviate Austin's reported symptoms. See Jolly v. Knudsen, 205 F.3d 1094, 1096 (8th Cir.2000) (mere disagreement with course of medical treatment was insufficient to state Eighth Amendment claim). In addition, Austin saw an eye doctor after he was transferred to federal custody, and he did not offer any evidence that he was harmed by the delay in seeing a specialist. See Sherrer v. Stephens, 50 F.3d 496, 496-97 (8th Cir.1994) (per curiam).
Austin specifically abandoned at trial any claim regarding his placement in administrative segregation, and his complaints about the performance of his attorney are not cognizable in this civil action, see Stevens v. Redwing, 146 F.3d 538, 546 (8th Cir.1998).
Accordingly, we affirm, and we deny Austin's motion for appointment of counsel.
. The Honorable Henry L. Jones, Jr., 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).