072814P.pdf   03/24/2009  Alex Mason  v.  Correctional Medical Services
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-2814
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Hannibal   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Murphy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Prisoner case - prisoner civil rights. Without any admissible evidence
   that defendant Dr. Carter was informed of plaintiff's serious medical
   condition, there was no basis for an Eight Amendment claim against him,
   and the district court did not err in granting his motion for summary
   judgment; district court did not err in denying plaintiff's motion for
   judgment as a matter of law against defendant Carter, the prison unit
   manager, as a reasonable juror could have chosen to believe Carter's
   testimony that the risk of inaction on his part was insubstantial or
   nonexistent because plaintiff could have received emergency medical
   care without Carter's approval or action; plaintiff failed to create a
   disputed issue of material fact with respect to whether the Department of
   Corrections accommodations gave him meaningful access to prison
   benefits involving reading and writing.