Opinion ID: 166819
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Heading: Mike Buxton

Text: 31 Defendant Mike Buxton was the Marietta Chief of Police during the relevant period. When plaintiff was asked at his deposition whether Buxton ever participated in an assault and battery upon him, he responded: Not directly. Maybe he indirectly influenced the ones that — in the [back]board incident. City Suppl. App. at 20-21. However, when questioned further, plaintiff conceded that he had no evidence of Buxton's indirect involvement in the backboard incident. 32 Setting aside the conditions of confinement allegations, the entirety of plaintiff's Eighth Amendment claim against Buxton is based on some allegedly disparaging remarks that Buxton made about plaintiff in front of jail personnel. Even assuming the truth of such allegations, a police officer's disparaging remarks about an inmate clearly do not give rise to a constitutional violation. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment with respect to Mike Buxton.