United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 02-3785 ___________ Ivan Vinson, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Joan Smith, Correctional Officer, * Cross Roads Correctional Center; * Wood, Correctional Officer, Cross * Roads Correctional Center; Cary E. * Grant, Correctional Officer, Cross * Roads Correctional Center; Brewington, * Correctional Officer, Cross Roads * Correctional Center; Girtz, Manager, * Appeal from the United States Housing Unit #5, Cross Roads * District Court for the Correctional Center; Michael Kemna, * Western District of Missouri. Superintendent, Cross Roads * Correctional Center; Nurse Lowery, * [UNPUBLISHED] Cross Roads Correctional Center; * Rogers, Correctional Officer, Cross * Roads Correctional Center; Cox, * Correctional Officer, Cross Roads * Correctional Center; Rush, * Correctional Officer, Cross Roads * Correctional Center; Acle Jenkins; D. * Allen; Brad Clark; Chet Lindstrom; * Michael G. Short; Clarence E. Denzer; * Russell Hollowell; Jean Ann Johnson; * Terry Page; Shanna Kroush; Edward E. * Ruppel; Jeff Taul; Christopher Smith, * * Appellees. * ___________

Submitted: March 31, 2003

Filed: April 30, 2003 ___________

Before MELLOY, HEANEY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Ivan Vinson, an inmate confined at the Northeast Correctional Center in Bowling Green, Missouri, brought several claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against staff members at the prison. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, and Vinson appeals. Having carefully reviewed the record, we agree that the district court’s grant of summary judgment was proper, and therefore affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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