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Halfacre v. Cruseturner

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Nov 17, 2008
299 F. App'x 609 (8th Cir. 2008)

Opinion

No. 07-3489.

Submitted: November 7, 2008.

Filed: November 17, 2008.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Before WOLLMAN, SMITH, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


[UNPUBLISHED]


Arkansas inmate Kenny Halfacre appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action following two pretrial evidentiary hearings. Upon careful review, see Choate v. Lockhart, 7 F.3d 1370, 1373 n. 1 (8th Cir. 1993) (standard of review for pretrial evidentiary hearing without jury demand), we agree with the district court that Halfacre failed to show that defendants took adverse action against him in retaliation for engaging in constitutionally protected activities. See Sisneros v. Nix, 95 F.3d 749, 752 (8th Cir. 1996) (inmate claiming retaliation is required to meet substantial burden of proving actual motivating factor for adverse action was as alleged); Atkinson v. Bohn, 91 F.3d 1127, 1129 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam) (allegations of retaliation must be more than speculative and conclusory); Martin v. Sargent, 780 F.2d 1334, 1338 (8th Cir. 1985) (to be liable, defendant in § 1983 action must have been personally involved in or directly responsible for conduct that caused injury). We reject Halfacre's remaining arguments. See Estate of Davis v. Delo, 115 F.3d 1388, 1393-94 (8th Cir. 1997) (credibility determinations are within province of trier of fact); Williams v. Carter, 10 F.3d 563, 566 (8th Cir. 1993) (decision whether to issue subpoena is discretionary).

The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable H. David Young, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.


Summaries of

Halfacre v. Cruseturner

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Nov 17, 2008
299 F. App'x 609 (8th Cir. 2008)
Case details for

Halfacre v. Cruseturner

Case Details

Full title:Kenny Halfacre, Appellant, v. David Cruseturner, Assistant Director…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Date published: Nov 17, 2008

Citations

299 F. App'x 609 (8th Cir. 2008)

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