Michael Cleaver v. Michael Kemna

Michael Cleaver, a Missouri inmate, appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court 1 for the Western District of Missouri upon a jury verdict for Captain William Galloway in Cleaver’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 damages action based on Galloway’s failure to protect Cleaver from getting stabbed by another inmate. For reversal, Cleaver argues that the district court erred in its rulings on defense counsel’s motion to withdraw, Cleaver’s motion for a default judgment, and Galloway’s motion in limine; that the district court failed to subpoena three witnesses, and should have charged the jury…