Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-06-29 15:01:44.805626+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            For the Eighth Circuit
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                                No. 23-1125
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                                 Dale Allen Lindsey

                        lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                           v.

   Terry Kneisel, MSOP--Moose Lake Facility Director; Scott Benoit, Office of
 Special Investigation Supervisor; Thane Murphy, Office of Special Investigation;
   Jordan W. Goodman, Program Manager; Allison M. Immel, BER Staff; Beth
    Anderson, Therapist; Phillip Olson, Unit Director, 1C; Scott Giannini, Unit
  Director, 1E; Kristi L. Wagner, Unit Director 1B; Sarah Herrick, Therapist 1B

                      lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
                                      ____________

                    Appeal from United States District Court
                         for the District of Minnesota
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                             Submitted: June 23, 2023
                               Filed: June 29, 2023
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

     Dale Lindsey appeals the dismissal of his complaint against staff members at
the Minnesota Sex Offender Program for allowing his roommate to assault him.
Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we
conclude that Lindsey has failed to state a claim. See Prater v. Dahm, 89 F.3d 538,
540–41 (8th Cir. 1996) (reviewing de novo, explaining that officials must “actually
know of a substantial risk” to be liable, and observing that not all threats “impute
actual knowledge”); see also Misischia v. St. John’s Mercy Health Sys., 457 F.3d
800, 805 (8th Cir. 2006) (holding that a plaintiff can be denied leave to amend his
complaint when he does not file a motion or explain what he would change). We
accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court. 1 See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
      The Honorable Nancy E. Brasel, United States District Judge for the District
of Minnesota.
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