Legal Opinion
Christopher Lee Prosser v. Davis L. Ross, Co I
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 1, 1995No. 94-3607PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
David Ross appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment on his defense of qualified immunity. We reverse.
I
Appellee Christopher Prosser is an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center who sustained permanent injuries when inmate Charles Pilgrim attacked him. Prosser and Pilgrim were housed in adjoining cells in Housing Unit 3-A. A few days prior to the incident, a disturbance (characterized by both parties as a “small-scale riot”) occurred in the prison recreation yard. Because of the riot, prison officials placed Unit 3-A…
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