Cody v. CBM Correctional Food Services

South Dakota State Penitentiary (SDSP) inmate William R. Cody appeals following the preservice dismissal of certain defendants and the adverse grant of summary judgment to the remaining defendants, in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit. Cody’s lawsuit was based on alleged failures to provide him a special diet for his hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol, and related failures to act on his complaints and grievances. We affirm.

First, we grant Cody’s motion to add defendants Greg Zike, C. Crowell, B. Trowbridge, Crystal Van Vooren, and Douglas L. Weber as appellees, because we believe Cody…