IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-60040
Summary Calendar
ARTHUR IVY, JR.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CORRECTION
FACILITY, Medical Clinic,
Defendant,
ROBERT CULPEPPER;
JOHN F. DONNELLY,JR.; STEVE PUCKETT,
Defendants-Appellees
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Mississippi
USDC No. 3:97-CV-322-BN
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January 5, 1999
Before DAVIS, DUHE’, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Arthur Ivy, Jr., Mississippi prisoner no. 76754, appeals the
grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Dr. Robert
Culpepper; John F. Donnelly Jr., superintendent of the Central
Mississippi Correctional Facility, medical clinic (CMCF); and
Steve Puckett, commissioner of the Mississippi Department of
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Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
No. 98-60040
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Corrections (MDOC). CMCF had been dismissed from the lawsuit in
a previous ruling which is not challenged on appeal.
Ivy’s complaint, liberally construed, alleges only that
efforts that have been made to provide him with a properly-
fitting prosthesis have been unsuccessful. “Unsuccessful medical
treatment does not give rise to a § 1983 cause of action.”
Varnado v. Lynaugh, 920 F.2d 320, 321 (5th Cir. 1991).
AFFIRMED.