Alan Ray Quam v. Minnehaha County Jail, Les Hawkey, Sheriff of Minnehaha County, Dan Elliston, Chief Deputy of Minnehaha County, Unknown Deputies

Alan Ray Quam appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the defendants in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We affirm.

Quam and five other inmates were transferred to the Minnehaha County Jail following their involvement in a disturbance at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in which several guards were stabbed. The six inmates were housed together in a cell-block separate from the rest of the jail's population. They did not immediately receive normal jail privileges. Their gradual receipt of these privileges was conditioned on the group’s good behavior. After the group…