United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 22-1470 ___________________________

Daniel Jose Gomez

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

State of South Dakota; Minnehaha County State's Attorney Office; Mellisa Sommors, Attorney for the Minnehaha County Public Defender's Office; Mark S. Kadi, Attorney for the Public Advocate's Office; Timothy William Herschberger, Attorney for the Minnehaha County Public Defender's Office

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of South Dakota - Southern ____________

Submitted: July 5, 2022 Filed: July 22, 2022 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM. South Dakota inmate Daniel Gomez appeals following the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we agree with the reasoning of the district court. Accordingly, we affirm and deny Gomez’s pending motions as moot. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Roberto Lange, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

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