JOAN N. ERICKSEN, District Judge.
This matter is currently before the Court on a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") issued by United States Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz on May 1, 2018. The magistrate judge recommended granting Defendants' motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff Clayton James Hanks filed timely objections to the R&R. Pursuant to D. Minn. L.R. 72.2(b), the Court has conducted a de novo review of the record. Based on that review, the Court accepts the recommended disposition.
Hanks makes four objections to the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations.
Hanks' second objection is that the magistrate judge erred in recommending dismissal of the claims against Defendants Nicholas Desotelle and Lawrence Amsden. Pl.'s Obj. at 10. In the R&R, the magistrate judge concluded that those claims should be dismissed because Hanks failed to plead that either Desotelle or Amsden personally violated his rights. See Jackson v. Nixon, 747 F.3d 537, 543 (8th Cir. 2014) ("To state a claim under § 1983, the plaintiff must plead that a government official has personally violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights."). In his objection, Hanks alleges that Desotelle and Anderson are seen on the videotaped recording of Hanks' placement on the restraint board "cranking and yanking on the straps." Pl.'s Obj. at 10. Hanks argues — or appears to argue — that this video evidence is enough to satisfy the § 1983 pleading requirement.
This objection is overruled for two reasons. First, the allegation about Desotelle and Amsden was not properly raised before the magistrate judge. "[T]he basic purpose of referring cases to a magistrate for recommended disposition would be contravened if parties were allowed to present only selected issues to the magistrate, reserving their full panoply of contentions for the trial court." Reciprocal Exch. v. Noland, 542 F.2d 462, 464 (8th Cir. 1976); see also Roberts v. Apfel, 222 F.3d 466, 470 (8th Cir. 2000). Second, even if Hanks had properly introduced his claims against Desotelle and Amsden, those two Defendants would still be entitled to qualified immunity for the same reason as Hills: even viewed in the light most favorable to Hanks, the facts alleged do not support a claim for cruel and unusual punishment. Among other considerations, the video shows Nurse Olivier checking each strap for tightness, and Hanks does not appear to be in distress as a result of the straps. See ECF No. 186.
Hanks' third objection involves his claim of deliberate indifference. Hanks contends that the magistrate judge erred in concluding that he needed to provide verifying medical evidence showing that he suffered detrimental effects from the alleged lack of medical care. Pl.'s Obj. at 11-12. The magistrate judge is correct. Because Hanks is alleging that the individual Defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by delaying his medical care — i.e., by not having the on-call doctor attend to his wound until the next day — he must provide evidence to show the detrimental effect of this alleged delay. As the Eighth Circuit has explained:
Coleman v. Rahija, 114 F.3d 778, 784 (8th Cir. 1997) (internal quotation and citation omitted). Here, Hanks has not provided evidence of a detrimental effect caused by any Defendant's decision to bring in the on-call doctor the day after Hanks injured himself. Accordingly, Hanks' objection to the magistrate judge's conclusion regarding deliberate indifference is overruled.
Lastly, Hanks objects that the Report and Recommendation relies on inadmissible hearsay evidence and inadmissible lay and expert opinions. Pl.'s Obj. at 12-13. Hanks cites to a number of paragraphs in several affidavits in the record to support his hearsay objection. He does not cite any specific instances of improperly considered lay or expert testimony, referring instead to his summary judgment response brief in general.
Hanks' objection concerning lay or expert testimony is wholly unsupported and therefore overruled. As to the hearsay objection, it is of course well settled that "[w]hen an affidavit contains an out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the statement that is inadmissible hearsay, the statement may not be used to support or defeat a motion for summary judgment." Brooks v. Tri-Sys., Inc., 425 F.3d 1109, 1111 (8th Cir. 2005). Here, however, Hanks fails to establish how — or, for that matter, if — any of the cited statements were actually relied upon in the R&R. He lists a number of alleged hearsay statements in his objections, but the Court is unable to sustain an objection based merely on a blanket assertion that the magistrate judge "relied" on them. Pl.'s Obj. at 12. Moreover, even if Hanks had properly explicated how the magistrate judge relied on the statements, the objection would still be overruled because the statements all appear to fall under the hearsay exceptions in Rule 803(4) (for statements made for medical diagnosis or treatment) or Rule 803(6) (for records of regularly conducted activity) of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Accordingly, Hanks' objection as to inadmissible hearsay is also overruled.
Accordingly, based upon all of the files, records and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.