Broadway v. Norris

CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (8th Circuit)
Citation193 F.3d 987
Docket NumberNo. 98-4105EA,98-4105EA
Parties(8th Cir. 1999) Emmit Broadway, also known as Emmit Daniels, Appellee, v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, in his official and individual capacities; and Marvin Evans, Warden, East Arkansas Regional Facility, Arkansas Department of Correction, in his official and individual capacities, Appellants. Submitted:
Decision Date15 September 1999

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193 F.3d 987 (8th Cir. 1999)
Emmit Broadway, also known as Emmit Daniels, Appellee,
v.
Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, in his official and individual capacities; and Marvin Evans, Warden, East Arkansas Regional Facility, Arkansas Department of Correction, in his official and individual capacities, Appellants.
No. 98-4105EA
United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Submitted: September 15, 1999
Filed: October 22, 1999

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, FLOYD R. GIBSON, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge

Larry Norris and Marvin Evans appeal the District Court's 1 denial of their "motion

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for reconsideration." As the District Court did, we construe this motion as a request for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). We lack jurisdiction to hear a portion of the appeal, and dismiss as to that portion. As to the rest of the appeal, we review for abuse of discretion, see Sanders v. Clemco Indus., 862 F.2d 161, 169 (8th Cir. 1988), and, finding none, we affirm.

I.

Emmit Broadway brings this action under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Broadway's claims arise from his pre-trial detention in the East Arkansas Regional Facility of the Arkansas Department of Correction in March of 1996. Broadway alleges that during his period of confinement, he did not receive necessary medical attention, and that his Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated. Broadway brought this action against Larry Norris and Marvin Evans of the Arkansas Department of Correction, and Carl Oxner, Sheriff of Lee County, in their respective official and individual capacities. Broadway also named various medical persons as defendants.

The principal allegations of the complaint with respect to the defendants Norris and Evans, who are the appellants in this Court, were as follows: "Defendants Norris and Evans . . . failed to install any form of audit procedures to check on the performance of its contractor of medical services; and therefore, allowed and does now allow to exist the deprivation of adequate medical services to inmates, to include Plaintiff." Complaint, 28. Plaintiff further alleges: "The acts and omissions of Defendants Norris and Evans . . . in failing to audit the performance of the medical Defendants in carrying out their duties under the contract, and in their contract which encouraged the providers of health care to delay and/or deny necessary medical examinations and treatments, constitute deliberate indifference to serious medical needs and denial of necessary medical treatment for Plaintiff. . . ." Id., 30. Finally, plaintiff alleges: "Defendants, knowing of the medical needs of Plaintiff . . . failed and neglected to establish and implement policies, practices, and procedures designed to assure that Plaintiff receive medical treatment and care at the standards therefor in Arkansas as a whole, or have adopted policies, practices, and procedures which Defendants knew or reasonably should have known, would be ineffective in delivering medical treatment and care. . . ." Id., 48.

Two motions to dismiss were filed: one by Carl Oxner and one by separate defendants Larry Norris and Marvin Evans. Norris's and Evans's motion asserted both qualified-immunity and respondeat superior defenses. Their motion also argued that plaintiff's complaint should be dismissed for failure to state a claim pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).

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