Santiago Diaz v. Evelyn Blanchard, No. 23-1492 (7th Cir. 2024)

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NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with FED. R. APP. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 Submitted March 22, 2024 * Decided March 29, 2024 Before MICHAEL Y. SCUDDER, Circuit Judge THOMAS L. KIRSCH II, Circuit Judge JOHN Z. LEE, Circuit Judge No. 23-1492 SANTIAGO DIAZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EVELYN BLANCHARD, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. No. 18-cv-1426-RJD Reona J. Daly, Magistrate Judge. ORDER Santiago Diaz, an Illinois prisoner, sued state prison officials and medical personnel at Lawrence Correctional Center for deliberate indifference in treating his broken hand. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court dismissed certain defendants early in the litigation and ultimately entered summary judgment for the remaining defendants, concluding that Diaz produced no evidence that they had acted with deliberate indifference. We have agreed to decide the case without oral argument because the appeal is frivolous. FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(A). * No. 23-1492 Page 2 Diaz has filed an appellate brief that does not engage with the district court’s reasoning for granting summary judgment. Rather, he requests that we review the dismissal of his complaint, the amended version of which he appends to his brief. Although we construe pro se filings liberally, an appellate brief must contain a discernible argument with citations to supporting authority. FED. R. APP. P. 28(a)(8); Shipley v. Chi. Bd. of Election Comm’rs, 947 F.3d 1056, 1062–63 (7th Cir. 2020). His failure to develop any argument results in dismissal. See Anderson v. Hardman, 241 F.3d 544, 545–46 (7th Cir. 2001). DISMISSED

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