Legal Opinion
Rust v. Grammer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1988No. 87-2023PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
John Rust, Donald M. Hurley, Jeffrey Benzel, and C. Michael Anderson appeal from a district court1 judgment in favor of Nebraska State Penitentiary officials (prison officials) in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm.
On May 22,1985, Warden Gary Grammer ordered a lockdown of the maximum security cells in the Nebraska State Penitentiary's adjustment center to regain control of a progressively disruptive situation. For several months, inmates had been setting fires and throwing food, urine, and feces into the gallery and onto the guards. All of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Campbell v. CauthronCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Clark v. BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Bobby Maxwell (Ahmid Latfee Jamal Ali) v. Thomas K. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Phillip Wallace v. Merle Dean RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Kurt B. Knight, William C. Andrews v. William ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Brown-El v. DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- James Byron Green v. Margaret Baron Joan Wright Sherri Shea Dr. R.T. Lara and Gary KirchhofCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
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