Jovanov v. State, Department of Corrections

OPINION

STOWERS, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

On October 6, 2010 Corrections Officer Nelson Robinson was’ supervising a prison module of about 50 inmates at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, including Radenko Jo-vanov and Alando Modeste. Modeste had been transferred to Anchorage from Palmer that morning. Modeste approached Jovanov while he was in line for the telephone, and he told Jovanov that he wanted them to request placement in separate modules because Mod-este was related by marriage to the victim of Jovanov’s crime. Modeste then punched Jo-vanov on the left side of the head and pushed…