Eddie Watkins v. Sheriff Chad Ledbetter

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Eddie Watkins v. Sheriff Chad Ledbetter, 416 F. App'x 596 (8th Cir. 2011)

Eddie Watkins v. Sheriff Chad Ledbetter

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Eddie S. Watkins appeals following dismissal by the District Court 1 of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action after an evidentiary hearing. Upon careful review of the record and consideration of Watkins’s arguments for reversal, see Choate v. Lockhart, 7 F.3d 1370, 1373 & n. 1 (8th Cir. 1993) (standard of review), we find no basis for overturning the orders at issue. We decline to consider the issues Watkins raises for the first time on appeal, see Campbell v. Davol, Inc., 620 F.3d 887, 891 (8th Cir. 2010); the issues he has not properly developed, see Meyers v. Starke, 420 F.3d 738, 743 (8th Cir. 2005); and the claims he has abandoned, see Griffith v. City of Des Moines, 387 F.3d 733, 739 (8th Cir. 2004). We also find no evidence of judicial bias. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the District Court.

1

. The Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.

Reference

Full Case Name
Eddie S. WATKINS, Appellant, v. Sheriff Chad LEDBETTER, Former Sheriff, in Individual Capacity; Lt. Robert Grice, in Individual Capacity; Sgt. Marsh, in Individual Capacity; Cpl. Kevin Abbott, in Individual Capacity; Jailer Mike Taylor, in Individual Capacity; Jailer William Ross, Jr., in Individual Capacity, Appellees, Hot Springs County Quorum Court Members, Defendant, Sheriff Ryan Burris, in His Official Capacity, Appellee
Status
Unpublished