John Everett Miller v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, and Gay Krull

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

John E. Miller, an inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, appeals from the district court’s summary judgment dismissal of his pro se § 1983 suit against defendants Warden Herman Solem and prison staff member Gay Krull for damages sustained as a result of being stabbed by a fellow inmate. We affirm.

Viewing the undisputed material facts in a light most favorable to Miller, we conclude that defendants did not “recklessly disregard” Miller’s constitutional rights— specifically, his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.

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