197 F3d 917 Jimmy Eugene Harris v. Tucker Unit Therapeutic Community Staff

197 F.3d 917 (8th Cir. 1999)

JIMMY EUGENE HARRIS, APPELLANT,
v.
TUCKER UNIT THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY STAFF; CHISM, MR., T. C. PROGRAM LEADER, TUCKER UNIT THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; LAMB, MR., T. C., COUNSELOR, TUCKER UNIT THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; PEGGY RAMERIZ, MS., T. C. PROGRAM OPERATIONS MANAGER/PROGRAM LEADER, TUCKER UNIT THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; ROGER CAMERON, MR., T. C. PROJECT COORDINATOR, TUCKER UNIT THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, APPELLEES.

No. 99-2623

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Submitted: October 7, 1999
December 03, 1999

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Before McMILLIAN, Richard S. Arnold, and Hansen, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

1

Jimmy Eugene Harris, an Arkansas inmate, appeals from the district court's1 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties' briefs, we affirm on the basis that Harris's complaint failed to state a claim of deliberate indifference to his medical needs by prison authorities. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994).

2

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court without further Discussion. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

NOTE:

1

The Honorable Stephen M. Reasoner, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.