Buckley v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc.

Former Missouri inmate Tyrone Buckley appeals the district court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment as to Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (CMS) in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. In the lawsuit, Buckley claimed that CMS had been deliberately indifferent to his serious medical need in that recommended elbow surgery had been repeatedly cancelled and delayed. 2 Following our de novo review, we conclude that summary judgment as to CMS was proper. See Jolly v. Knudsen, 205 F.3d 1094, 1096 (8th Cir.2000) (standard of review).

While the twenty-month delay in scheduling the surgery once it was…