Legal Opinion
Brown v. Fortner
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 4, 2008No. 06-3743PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Former Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) inmate Randell Brown filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against a number of MDOC employees, including Keith Fortner and Eugene Scott. Brown alleged Fortner and Scott, both correction officers with the MDOC, acted with deliberate indifference by failing to provide safe transportation to Brown, thus violating Brown’s Eighth Amendment rights. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, and this court reversed in part, concluding Brown stated a claim against Fortner, Scott, and the other correctional officers…
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