Legal Opinion
Butler v. Dowd
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 11, 1992No. Nos. 90-2090, 90-2091 and 90-2782PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
These prison inmates assert claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against their custodians, the prison officials, for permitting them to be homosexually raped by other inmates in violation of their Eighth Amendment rights.' Plaintiffs Frank Led-ferd, David Corder, Hershel Marsh and Jay French appeal from the trial court’s1 denial of their motions for a new trial on damages and for declaratory and injunctive relief. Defendant Denis Dowd cross-appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and that the trial court…
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