Reed v. Kemper

ORDER

The warden at the Racine Correctional Institution denied George Reed, an inmate, the right to marry his fiancée. Reed sued the warden, Paul Kemper, and the institution’s complaint examiner, Michelle Bones.The district court ordered the defendants to allow him to marry but denied damages on the basis of qualified immunity. We conclude that the complaint examiner is entitled to qualified immunity but that the warden must pay nominal damages. Thus we affirm in part and vacate in part.

Reed is serving a life sentence for murder and sought to marry his fiancée, Jeru-sha Bohannon, who is not…