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Stewart v. Baker

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Jan 12, 2010
360 F. App'x 696 (8th Cir. 2010)

Summary

stating that a plaintiff must allege in his or her complaint that a defendant was personally involved with or had direct responsibility for the incident that injured him or her

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Opinion

No. 09-2368.

Submitted: January 6, 2010.

Filed: January 12, 2010.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

C.J. Stewart, Jefferson City, MO, pro se.

John J. Treu, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Correctional Medical Services, Jefferson City, MO, for appellees.

Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BYE, Circuit Judges.


[UNPUBLISHED]


Missouri inmate CJ. Stewart appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful de novo review, we conclude that dismissal was proper for failure to state a claim. See McAdams v. McCord, 584 F.3d 1111, 1113 (8th Cir. 2009) (standard of review); Phipps v. FDIC, 417 F.3d 1006, 1010 (8th Cir. 2005) (court may affirm dismissal on any basis supported by record). As to the claim against Thomas Baker, Stewart failed to allege sufficient facts to show that Dr. Baker acted with deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. See Meuir v. Greene County Jail Employees, 487 F.3d 1115, 1118-19 (8th Cir. 2007) (prison's medical staff violates Eighth Amendment if they commit acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to inmate's serious medical needs; inmate's mere difference of opinion over matters of expert medical judgment fails to rise to level of constitutional violation under § 1983); Dulany v. Carnahan, 132 F.3d 1234, 1239 (8th Cir. 1997) (inmates have no constitutional right to particular course of treatment; prison doctors remain free to exercise their independent medical judgment). As to all other defendants, Stewart did not allege that defendants were personally involved in or had direct responsibility for the alleged deliberate indifference. See Ellis v. Norris, 179 F.3d 1078, 1079 (8th Cir. 1999) (complaint was properly dismissed because plaintiff failed to allege facts supporting any individual defendant's personal involvement or responsibility for violations); Keeper v. King, 130 F.3d 1309, 1314 (8th Cir. 1997) (respondeat superior is not basis for liability under § 1983; general responsibility for supervising operations of prison is insufficient to establish personal involvement required to support liability).

The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendation of the Honorable William A. Knox, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.


Summaries of

Stewart v. Baker

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Jan 12, 2010
360 F. App'x 696 (8th Cir. 2010)

stating that a plaintiff must allege in his or her complaint that a defendant was personally involved with or had direct responsibility for the incident that injured him or her

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stating that a plaintiff must allege in his or her complaint that a defendant was personally involved with or had direct responsibility for the incident that injured him or her

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stating that a plaintiff must allege in his or her complaint that a defendant was personally involved with or had direct responsibility for the incident that injured him or her (citing Ellis v. Norris, 179 F.3d 1078, 1079 (8th Cir. 1999))

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stating that a plaintiff must allege in his or her complaint that a defendant was personally involved with or had direct responsibility for the incident that injured him or her

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Case details for

Stewart v. Baker

Case Details

Full title:C.J. STEWART, Appellant, v. Thomas BAKER, Physician; Katherine Nolting…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Date published: Jan 12, 2010

Citations

360 F. App'x 696 (8th Cir. 2010)

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