Minnesota inmate Marc Joseph Arens brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1988 action against Ramsey County Sheriff Robert Fletcher, alleging civil rights violations by county jail staff. The district court 1 dismissed the action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, and Arens appeals. Having reviewed the record de novo, see Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam), we conclude dismissal was proper. See Vaughn v. Greene County, Ark., 438 F.3d 845, 851 (8th Cir. 2006) (“[I]t is well settled the doctrine of respondeat superior is inapplicable to section 1983 claims”).

Accordingly, we affirm.