Hollis Martz v. Ojiugo Iko, No. 15-1417 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Smith, Bowman and Colloton, Circuit Judges] Prisoner case - Prisoner Civil Rights. District court did not abuse its discretion by denying plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction. [ July 16, 2015
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 15-1417 ___________________________ Hollis Devin Martz, lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Ojiugo Iko, Doctor, Varner Unit; LaSonya Griswold, Nurse, Varner Unit; Deborah L. York, HSA, Varner Unit; Melanie Jones Foster, Doctor, Wrightsville Unit, lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff ____________ Submitted: July 3, 2015 Filed: July 17, 2015 [Unpublished] ____________ Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Arkansas inmate Hollis Martz appeals the district court’s1 interlocutory order denying his motion for a preliminary injunction in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion. See 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) (appellate jurisdiction); St. Louis Effort for AIDS v. Huff, 782 F.3d 1016, 1021 (8th Cir. 2015) (standard of review); Dataphase Sys., Inc. v. CL Sys., Inc., 640 F.2d 109, 113 (8th Cir. 1981) (en banc) (preliminary-injunction factors). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable D.P. Marshall, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Jerome T. Kearney, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2-
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