United States Court of Appeals
                         For the Eighth Circuit
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                             No. 16-3926
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                                 Mark Bowers

                    lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

                                        v.

David A. Mullen, MD, ERDCC; John Williams, MD, MECC; Karl Hardman, RN
                     BN Health Service Administrator

                         lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants

                T. Bredeman, Medical Director of Corizon

                   lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee
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                 Appeal from United States District Court
               for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
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                          Submitted: June 28, 2017
                             Filed: July 6, 2017
                               [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, ARNOLD, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Former Missouri prisoner Mark Bowers appeals following the district court’s1
adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action claiming
deliberate indifference to his medical needs. After de novo review, see Beaulieu v.
Ludeman, 

, 1024 (8th Cir. 2012), we affirm. Specifically, we find that
neither the denial of a requested orthopedic evaluation, nor the delay in reviewing a
subsequent request for evaluation, constituted deliberate indifference to Bowers’s
serious medical needs. See Holden v. Hirner, 

, 342 (8th Cir. 2011);
Meuir v. Greene Cty. Jail Emps., 

, 1118–19 (8th Cir. 2007) (physicians
are free to exercise independent medical judgment); Vaughan v. Lacey, 

,
1346 (8th Cir. 1995) (mere disagreement, even between physicians, over proper
course of treatment is not actionable under Eighth Amendment).

      Accordingly, we affirm the judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
       The Honorable John A. Ross, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.

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