Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-01-11 17:00:36.575183+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                          For the Eighth Circuit
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                              No. 21-2389
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                          Rolandis Larenzo Chatmon

                      lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                         v.

       Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al.

                    lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
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                  Appeal from United States District Court
               for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
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                          Submitted: January 06, 2022
                            Filed: January 11, 2022
                                 [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Arkansas inmate Rolandis Chatmon appeals following the district court’s1
adverse grant of summary judgment on his claim that defendants used excessive force
against him. We affirm the grant of summary judgment, see Cockram v. Genesco,
Inc., 680 F.3d 1046, 1051 (8th Cir. 2012), as Chatmon provided no evidence that any
defendants acted maliciously or sadistically, see Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1,
7 (1992); Ward v. Smith, 844 F.3d 717, 719-22 (8th Cir. 2016); United States v.
Miller, 477 F.3d 644, 647 (8th Cir. 2007).

       We also conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying
Chatmon’s motion to compel. See Vallejo v. Amgen, Inc., 903 F.3d 733, 742 (8th
Cir. 2018); Butler v. Fletcher, 465 F.3d 340, 346 (8th Cir. 2006).

      Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
       The Honorable James M. Moody Jr., United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the
Honorable Beth Deere, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of
Arkansas.

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