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Whitney v. Washington County Detention Center
698 F. App'x 319
| 8th Cir. | 2017
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*1 Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, James Whitney claimed that defendants committed various constitutional violations in their treatment of him while he was confined as a pretrial detainee at the Washington County Detention Center in Arkansas. The district court granted defendants summary judgment, and Whitney [1]

appeals. We conclude that although Whitney had a constitutional right to nutritionally adequate food, he received three acceptable meals per day on all but about seven occasions, and his weight loss over the course of a few months was a small part of his documented three-year weight loss on a diabetic, gluten-free diet. The evidence thus did not support a finding that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his nutritional needs. See Ingrassia v. Schafer , 825 F.3d 891, 897 (8th Cir. 2016). Because Whitney did not establish that defendants otherwise violated his constitutional rights, we affirm for the reasons given in the magistrate judge’s report, adopted by district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. Whitney’s motion for default judgment is denied.

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[1] The Honorable P.K. Holmes, III, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Erin Wiedemann, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. -2-

Case Details

Case Name: Whitney v. Washington County Detention Center
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Date Published: Oct 11, 2017
Citation: 698 F. App'x 319
Docket Number: 16-2760
Court Abbreviation: 8th Cir.
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