Eugene Joseph Barnes, Jr. v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary

Eugene Joseph Barnes, Jr., an inmate in the Missouri State Penitentiary, brought this action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the prison’s warden, associate warden, and chief security officer. Barnes alleged that conditions of his con finement constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendments. The district court entered judgment on a jury verdict in favor of all defendants. We affirm.

This action arose from the transfer of Barnes from a cell on the first floor of the prison to a cell on the third floor for a period of about six months.…