Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-04 15:01:26.712387+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                         For the Eighth Circuit
                     ___________________________

                             No. 23-2986
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                                Jakita Murphy

                    lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                       v.

              Nurzuhal Faust, Warden, McPherson Unit, ADC

                          lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant

                 Pam Malott, Sgt., McPherson Unit, ADC

                    lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee

                 Cody Boggs, Cpl., McPherson Unit, ADC

                          lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant
                                  ____________

                 Appeal from United States District Court
               for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Northern
                               ____________

                          Submitted: April 1, 2024
                            Filed: April 4, 2024
                               [Unpublished]
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Before BENTON, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Jakita Murphy appeals following the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary
judgment. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal,
we conclude that the district court properly granted summary judgment, see De
Rossitte v. Correct Care Sols., LLC, 22 F.4th 796, 802 (8th Cir. 2022) (de novo
review of grant of summary judgment); see also King v. Iowa Dep’t of Corr., 598
F.3d 1051, 1052 (8th Cir. 2010) (dismissal for failure to exhaust remedies is reviewed
de novo); and declined to address the new claims Murphy sought to assert after the
close of discovery, see Bell v. Allstate Life Ins. Co., 160 F.3d 452, 454 (8th Cir.
1998) (denial of motion to amend complaint reviewed for abuse of discretion); see
also 3M v. Superior Insulating Tape Co., 284 F.2d 478, 481 (8th Cir. 1960) (trial
court exercises its discretion in determining whether to grant leave to supplement
pleadings). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also deny the motion
for counsel.
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      1
       The Honorable D.P. Marshall Jr., then Chief Judge, now United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the reports and recommendations
of the Honorable Edie R. Ervin, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.

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