Legal Opinion
James Byron Green v. Margaret Baron Joan Wright Sherri Shea Dr. R.T. Lara and Gary Kirchhof
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1989No. 88-1884PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
In this civil rights suit, James Byron Green sued various medical officials and staff members of the Iowa Security and Medical Facility located at Oakdale, Iowa (Oakdale). See 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Supp. IV 1980). Green claimed the defendants violated his constitutional rights by depriving him of basic human necessities and by punishing him as a pretrial detainee. The jury found for the defendants. Green filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and, in the alternative, a new trial.
Thé district court held a hearing and then granted the motion for JNOV. See…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. RomeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- George Hamm v. Dekalb County, and Pat Jarvis, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Johnson v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by28 opinions
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