Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Nix
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1990No. 89-1817PublishedCited by 518 opinions
1Per curiam
Timothy Thompson, an Iowa prisoner, appeals from a final order of the District Court dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit following an evidentiary hearing before a magistrate. Thompson alleged in his complaint that Iowa prison officials violated his eighth and fourteenth amendment rights by physically assaulting him on two occasions. Because the magistrate’s report and recommendation contained factual errors, we vacate the District Court’s order adopting the report, and remand for further proceedings.
The District Court referred Thompson’s complaint to a magistrate pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…
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