Legal Opinion

Bailey v. Wood

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided March 23, 1989No. Civ. No. 4-85-1249PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

ROSENBAUM, District Judge.

Before the Court is plaintiff’s counsel’s post-trial motion for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Plaintiff, a former Minnesota prisoner, alleged the Oak Park Heights warden, defendant Wood, violated his civil rights by failing to provide safe conditions and adequate protection following a series of threats and attacks by another inmate. Plaintiff prevailed at trial, recovering a jury award of $26,750 for violations of his civil rights and $28,600 as punitive damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The jury’s verdict followed seven days of…

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David Arlan Bailey v. Frank Wood, John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990