Legal Opinion
George Goff v. James Burton, John Henry, and Crispus C. Nix
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1994No. 92-3679PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
George Gaff, an Iowa inmate, alleged that prison officials transferred him from the medium security John Bennett Correctional Center (JBCC), located outside the walls, to a maximum security correctional facifity, the Iowa State Penitentiary, inside the walls, at Fort Madison, Iowa, and confined him to a maximum security cell in retaliation for his participation in a lawsuit against prison officials challenging the conditions of confinement at the JBCC. After a bench trial, the district court found in favor of Gaff and awarded $2,250 in damages. The prison officials…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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