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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
FILED
________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
April 19, 2005
No. 04-14231
THOMAS K. KAHN
Non-Argument Calendar CLERK
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D. C. Docket No. 03-20077-CV-ASG
KEITH L. THOMPSON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, a political subdivision
of State of Florida,
Defendants-Appellees,
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(April 19, 2005)
Before ANDERSON, BLACK and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Keith Thompson (“Thompson”) appeals the district court’s grant of
summary judgment in favor of defendant Miami-Dade County in Thompson’s 42
U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth
Amendment.
In December of 1999, Thompson alleges that he was the victim of inmate-
on-inmate violence while he was an incarcerated in the Miami-Dade County
Detention Center. He brought suit against, inter alia, Miami-Dade County,
claiming that the County violated his Eighth Amendment rights to be free from
cruel and unusual punishment. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the
district court granted Miami-Dade County’s motion and denied Thompson’s
motion.
We review a district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, viewing
the evidence in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion. Wilson
v. B/E Aerospace, Inc., 376 F.3d 1079, 1085 (11th Cir. 2004). Summary judgment
is appropriate when “there is no genuine issue was to any material fact and . . . the
moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c).
We have carefully reviewed the record, the briefs of the parties, and the
order of the district court on summary judgment. Construing the evidence in the
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light most favorable to Thompson, it is clear that he has failed to present any
genuine issues of material fact. The allegations raised and the evidence presented
does not state a violation of the Eighth Amendment on the part of Miami-Dade
county, and the county was entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Therefore, the
well-reasoned opinion of the district court is
AFFIRMED.
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