Filed: Feb. 11, 2019
Latest Update: Mar. 03, 2020
Summary: United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit _ No. 18-2290 _ Raphael Mendez, lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant, v. Officer T. Dole, e-mail monitor; Lt. Sladek, Correctional Lt.; J. Peterson, Unit Officer; Dr. Gabel, Psychologist; Unknown Unit Discipline Committee (UDC) Members; Unknown Discipline Hearing Officer (DHO) Members; Warden L. LaRiva, lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees. _ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis _ S
Summary: United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit _ No. 18-2290 _ Raphael Mendez, lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant, v. Officer T. Dole, e-mail monitor; Lt. Sladek, Correctional Lt.; J. Peterson, Unit Officer; Dr. Gabel, Psychologist; Unknown Unit Discipline Committee (UDC) Members; Unknown Discipline Hearing Officer (DHO) Members; Warden L. LaRiva, lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees. _ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis _ Su..
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United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 18-2290
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Raphael Mendez,
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant,
v.
Officer T. Dole, e-mail monitor; Lt. Sladek, Correctional Lt.; J. Peterson, Unit
Officer; Dr. Gabel, Psychologist; Unknown Unit Discipline Committee (UDC)
Members; Unknown Discipline Hearing Officer (DHO) Members; Warden L. LaRiva,
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees.
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
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Submitted: February 6, 2019
Filed: February 11, 2019
[Unpublished]
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Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Raphael Mendez appeals following the district court’s1 dismissal of his civil
rights action. We agree with the district court that Mendez’s claims were barred by
sovereign immunity. See Johnson v. Outboard Marine Corp.,
172 F.3d 531, 535 (8th
Cir. 1999); Buford v. Runyon,
160 F.3d 1199, 1203 (8th Cir. 1998). Accordingly, we
affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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The Honorable Ann D. Montgomery, United States District Judge for the
District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable
Becky R. Thorson, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.
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