Henry Rollie v. Michael Kemna

Henry Rollie, an inmate of the Missouri Department of Correctional Services incarcerated in the Crossroads Correctional Center (CRCC), appeals following the district court’s dismissal of his civil complaint. We reverse and remand.

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In August 2002, Henry Rollie and twenty-two other prisoners filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint seeking damages and injunctive relief against eighteen named defendants, mostly prison officials. As relevant, plaintiffs alleged that while they were being held in the segregation unit, fourteen defendants 1 permitted “disciplinary double celling” of maximum security…