Darwin Walden v. Cornell Smith

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 10-3073 ___________ Darwin Burnett Walden, * * Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * Northern District of Iowa. * Cornell Smith; Mary Dick; Dustin * [UNPUBLISHED] Lutgen; Tom Conley, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: February 4, 2011 Filed: February 9, 2011 ___________ Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Iowa inmate Darwin Walden appeals from the adverse grant of summary judgment entered by the District Court1 in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful de novo review, see Anderson v. Larson, 327 F.3d 762, 767 (8th Cir. 2003), we conclude that summary judgment was proper because Walden failed to raise a material factual issue on whether defendants substantially burdened his ability to practice Islam, see Patel v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons, 515 F.3d 807, 813–14 (8th Cir. 2008). 1 The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the District Court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-