Court Opinion

ID: 9385863
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Date Created: 2023-04-10 16:00:48.113901+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
                         ___________________________

                                 No. 23-1011
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                                 James M. Raper, Jr.

                         lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                            v.

Tina Maxwell, Treatment Supervisor, Southwest Arkansas Community Correction
  Center; Warden J. Minors, Southwest Arkansas Community Correction Center

                       lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
                                       ____________

                     Appeal from United States District Court
                 for the Western District of Arkansas - Texarkana
                                 ____________

                              Submitted: April 5, 2023
                               Filed: April 10, 2023
                                  [Unpublished]
                                  ____________

Before KELLY, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      James Raper, Jr., appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his complaint
against prison officials for failing to provide enough exercise time. Having carefully

      1
        The Honorable Susan O. Hickey, Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the Western District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of
reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that qualified
immunity applies. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6); Kulkay v. Roy, 847 F.3d 637, 641–
42 (8th Cir. 2017) (reviewing the failure to state a claim de novo and explaining that
a right must be clearly established for an alleged violation to defeat qualified
immunity). We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir.
R. 47B.
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the Honorable Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western
District of Arkansas.
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