Legal Opinion
Gary Offet v. Herman Solem and Ben Dearduff, Individually and in Their Official Capacities
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1991No. 90-5504PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
Offet appeals from the district court’s 1 order dismissing his § 1983 action. We agree with the district court that defendants are entitled to qualified immunity and, accordingly, we affirm the court’s judgment against him.
Because this is the second time Offet’s § 1983 action has been before the Court, see Offet v. Solem, 823 F.2d 1256 (8th Cir.1987), we summarize the factual background only briefly. Offet was sentenced to incarceration at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in November of 1979. Pursuant to the law in effect in 1979, a prisoner who misbehaved was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by5 opinions
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