Keith Walker v. Iowa Department of Corrections, No. 14-3880 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Smith and Gruender, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Prisoner civil rights. The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying plaintiff's motion to hold defendants in contempt for violating a 2006 order. [ August 06, 2015
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-3880 ___________________________ Keith Walker, also known as Herevel Ben Kushi lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Iowa Department of Corrections; W. L. Kautzky, Director; Larry Brimeyer, Deputy Director; John Mathes, Warden; William Sperfslage, Deputy Warden; John Emmett, Security Director; Ronald Welder, Executive Assistant; Karen Woodley, Acting Grievance Officer; Dave Degrange, Investigator II; Paul A. Muller, Deputy Director; Bernard Eaves, Treatment Director; Debbie Nichols, Unit Manager Cell House 314; Delwin Vande Krol, Multi-Faith Chaplain lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines ____________ Submitted: August 4, 2015 Filed: August 7, 2015 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, SMITH, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. In this action under the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc-1 to 2000cc-5, Iowa prisoner Herevel Ben-Kushi, also known as Keith Walker (Walker), appeals the district court’s1 order denying his post-judgment motion asking that the court hold defendants in contempt for violating a 2006 order. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the contempt motion, see Wycoff v. Hedgepeth, 34 F.3d 614, 616 (8th Cir. 1994) (standard of review); in denying Walker’s motion for reconsideration, see Swope v. Siegel-Robert, Inc., 243 F.3d 486, 498 (8th Cir. 2001) (standard of review); or in denying appointed counsel, see Phillips v. Jasper Cty. Jail, 437 F.3d 791, 794 (8th Cir. 2006) (standard of review). The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. -2-
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