Byron Wallace v. Estella Bland

Arkansas inmate Byron L. Wallace appeals the grant of summary judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims that two doctors and a nurse violated his Eighth Amendment right to adequate care and treatment of his diabetes condition at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

After de novo review, we agree with the district court that Wallace’s claims against Nurse Estella Bland and Dr. Troy Moore were based solely on his disagreement with the course of treatment for his diabetes, and thus did not rise to the level of a constitutional violation. See Meuir v. Greene County…