Charles Edwards v. United States

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 16-2603 ___________________________ Charles Ray Edwards lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena ____________ Submitted: March 2, 2017 Filed: March 7, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Charles Edwards appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act. After careful review of the 1 The Honorable Joe J. Volpe, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). record below, the parties’ submissions on appeal, and the issues properly before us, see Peterson v. Kopp, 754 F.3d 594, 598 (8th Cir. 2014) (de novo review of grant of summary judgment), we conclude that the district court properly granted summary judgment and that Edwards’s arguments for reversal lack merit. The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-