Court Opinion

ID: 9388307
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Date Created: 2023-04-20 16:00:54.667303+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:20.418721
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
                         ___________________________

                                 No. 22-3483
                         ___________________________

                                Emmanuel S. Yanga

                                        Plaintiff - Appellant

                                          v.

Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; Robert Madsen, Warden at State
Prison of Nebraska, in their individual and official capacities; Michelle Wilhelm,
Warden at state prison of Nebraska, in their individual and official capacities; A.
 Larson, staff agents at state prison of Nebraska, in their individual and official
capacities; F. Howard, staff agents at state prison of Nebraska, in their individual
 and official capacities; Rathji, staff agents at state prison of Nebraska, in their
   individual and official capacities; Dzulynsky, staff agents at state prison of
Nebraska, in their individual and official capacities; P. Larson, staff agents at state
          prison of Nebraska, in their individual and official capacities

                                               Defendants

Cody Eastman, correctional officers at state prison of Nebraska, in their individual
                             and official capacities

                                        Defendant - Appellee

M. Spainhower, correctional officers at state prison of Nebraska, in their individual
 and official capacities; Peter, correctional officers at state prison of Nebraska, in
                       their individual and official capacities

                                               Defendants

Micala Wessel, correctional officers at state prison of Nebraska, in their individual
 and official capacities; Galen R. Schaffer, correctional officers at state prison of
     Nebraska, in their individual and official capacities; Matthew U. Patida,
  correctional officers at state prison of Nebraska, in their individual and official
                                       capacities

                                      Defendants - Appellees
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                      Appeal from United States District Court
                       for the District of Nebraska - Omaha
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                             Submitted: April 17, 2023
                               Filed: April 20, 2023
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before KELLY, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
                           ____________

PER CURIAM.

       Emmanuel Yanga appeals the grant of summary judgment to corrections
officers who allegedly violated his Eighth Amendment rights. Having carefully
reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that there are
no material facts in dispute and the officers are entitled to judgment as a matter of
law. See Fletcher v. Conoco Pipe Line Co., 323 F.3d 661, 664, 666 (8th Cir. 2003)
(reviewing a grant of summary judgment de novo and emphasizing that a party
seeking a judge’s recusal “carries a heavy burden of proof” (citation omitted));
Santiago v. Blair, 707 F.3d 984, 990 (8th Cir. 2013) (explaining that excessive-force
claims require the “malicious[] and sadistic[]” infliction of harm and failure-to-treat

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claims arise only when officials are “deliberate[ly] indifferen[t]” to an “objectively
serious medical need”). We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court.1
See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
        The Honorable Brian C. Buescher, United States District Judge for the
District of Nebraska, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable
Susan M. Bazis, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Nebraska.
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