Timothy Barr v. Rebecca Pearson

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Missouri Department of Corrections inmate Timothy Barr filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that various state-contracted health care providers ("Defendants") violated the Eighth Amendment when they stopped administering his multiple sclerosis ("MS") medication. The district court 2 granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants, finding that their actions did not violate the Eighth Amendment. We affirm.

I. Background

The following information comes from a portion of Barr's medical record that was submitted to the district court. On May 21, 2014, neurologist Dr.…