Harrison Jolly v. ARA Health Services

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 04-1763
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Harrison Jolly, *
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Appellant, *
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v. * Appeal from the United States
* District Court for the
ARA Health Services, Incorporated; * Eastern District of Missouri.
Correctional Medical Systems; Dr. *
Gary H. Campbell; Dr. Unknown * [UNPUBLISHED]
Hallazgo; Gary Kempker, Director; *
Larry C. Rowley, Superintendent; *
George A. Lombardi, Director of *
Adult Inst., *
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Appellees. *
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Submitted: November 5, 2004
Filed: November 16, 2004
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Before BYE, MELLOY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Missouri inmate Harrison Jolly appeals the district court’s1 grant of summary
judgment to certain defendants, and its grant of dismissal to the remaining defendants,
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The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Missouri.
in Jolly’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Jolly sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS),2
two CMS physicians, and various prison officials, claiming deliberate indifference
to his serious medical needs.
Based on our careful review of the record, we find that summary judgment was
properly granted to the physician defendants for the reasons stated by the district
court. See Jolly v. Knudsen, 205 F.3d 1094, 1096 (8th Cir. 2000) (standard of
review; inmate must show more than even gross negligence, and mere disagreement
with treatment decisions does not rise to level of constitutional violation); Long v.
Nix, 86 F.3d 761, 765 (8th Cir. 1996) (prison officials do not violate Eighth
Amendment when, in exercising professional judgment, they refuse to implement
inmate’s requested course of treatment).
Because there was no evidence of a CMS policy or custom relevant to Jolly’s
claims, summary judgment was also proper as to CMS, see Sanders v. Sears, Roebuck
& Co., 984 F.2d 972, 975-76 (8th Cir. 1993) (corporate liability under § 1983); and
the remaining prison-official defendants were properly dismissed because Jolly failed
to establish a genuine issue of material fact as to whether CMS or the physician
defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights, see Williams v. Davis, 200 F.3d
538, 539 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (absent constitutional violation, there is no
basis for supervisory liability under § 1983). Finally, we find no abuse of discretion
in the district court’s denial of Jolly’s request for appointed counsel. See Davis v.
Scott, 94 F.3d 444, 447 (8th Cir. 1996) (standard of review; listing factors).
The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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Jolly originally named ARA Health Systems, Inc., and Correctional Medical
Systems, Inc., the former names for CMS.
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