Legal Opinion
Lonell Newman Hoseia Chestnut v. Levi Holmes
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1997No. 96-3840PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
In this § 1983 action, Arkansas inmates Lonell Newman and Hoseia Chestnut sued Correctional Officer Levi Holmes for violating their Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect them from an attack by another inmate. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs and awarded Newman and Chestnut damages of $500 each. Holmes appeals the denial of his motion for judgment as a matter of law. We affirm.
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