Andre Porter v. St. Louis County, Missouri

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 10-3324 ___________ Andre Porter, * * Appellant, * * v. * * St. Louis County, Missouri; St. Louis * County Health Department; Unknown * Rotnick, St. Louis County Health * Department, Individually and * Officially; Unknown Todd, Doctor, * St. Louis County Health Department, * Individually and Officially; Rita * Appeal from the United States Hendrick, Nursing Supervisor, St. * District Court for the Eastern Louis County Health Department, * District of Missouri. Individually and Officially; Deb * Kinder, Head Nurse, St. Louis County * [UNPUBLISHED] Health Department, Individually and * Officially; R.N. Jane Unknown, * Nurse, St. Louis County Health * Department, Individually and * Officially; Hector Sanchez, Nurse, * St. Louis County Health Department, * Individually and Officially; Kate * Rudisill, Nurse, St. Louis County * Health Department, Individually and * Officially; Gary Preston, St. Louis * County Health Department, * Individually and Officially; Henry * Willis, Correctional Officer, St. Louis * County Justice Center, Individually * and Officially; Tina Hahler, * Caseworker, St. Louis County * Justice Center, Individually and * Officially; Alexis Woods, * Correctional Officer, St. Louis * County Justice Center, Individually * and Officially; Al Breeding, Unit * Manager, St. Louis County Justice * Center, Individually; Charles Dooley, * County Executive, Officially; Roy * Mueller, Director of Justice Services, * Individually, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: January 4, 2011 Filed: January 7, 2011 ___________ Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Andre Porter appeals the adverse grant of summary judgment entered by the District Court1 in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Having conducted de novo review of the record and viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Porter, see Mason v. Corr. Med. Servs., Inc., 559 F.3d 880, 884–85 (8th Cir. 2009) (standard of review), we cannot say that defendants’ conduct rose to the level of deliberate indifference within the meaning of applicable case law, see Langford v. Norris, 614 F.3d 445, 459–60 (8th Cir. 2010). We also conclude that the District Court did not improperly 1 The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. -2- consider the affidavits that were notarized by defense counsel, and did not abuse its discretion in declining to appoint counsel. Accordingly, we affirm, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and we deny Porter’s motion for counsel. ______________________________ -3-