United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 22-1257 ___________________________

Harold Moses Covert

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Dexter Payne; Wendy Kelley; James Gibson; Brandon C. Carroll, Chief of Security, Varner Supermax, ADC; James Shipman, Deputy Warden, Varner Supermax, ADC; Marshall Dale Reed, Chief Deputy Director, Varner Supermax, ADC; James Plummer, Captain, Varner Supermax, ADC; Scott Taylor, Captain, Varner Supermax, ADC; Flora Washington, Classification, Varner Supermax, ADC; Rodney Brown, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Mahoney, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Mary Lloyd, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees

Joseph Bivens, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant

Michael R. Demery, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Walter Washington, Lt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Telicia Mothershed, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Missally Williams, “Simpson”, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Tashalia Dunlap, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Roosevelt Jones, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC; Brandon Medders, Sgt., Varner Supermax, ADC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees

R. Owen, Grievance Coordinator, Varner Supermax, ADC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant A. Cook, Corporal, Varner Supermax, ADC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee

A. Lewis, Corporal, Varner Supermax, ADC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant

Johnson, Corporal, Varner Supermax, ADC; Glover, Corporal, Varner Supermax, ADC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________

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

Submitted: August 15, 2022 Filed: August 30, 2022 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, GRASZ, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Arkansas inmate Harold Covert appeals 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 conclude the grant of summary judgment was proper for the reasons stated by the district court. See Morris v. Cradduck, 954

1 The Honorable Billy Roy Wilson, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the recommendation of the Honorable Edie R. Ervin, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

-2- F.3d 1055, 1058 (8th Cir. 2020) (reviewing de novo grant of summary judgment). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

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