Legal Opinion
Robert Jackson v. Savell Everett
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1998No. 97-2359PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Arkansas Inmate Robert Jackson filed this § 1983 action against prison security officer Saveli Everett. In the claim at issue on this appeal, Everett is accused of violating Jackson’s Eighth Amendment rights' by failing to protect him from being stabbed by another inmate. Everett appeals a district court order denying him qualified immunity against this damage claim. We reverse.
In reviewing Everett’s pretrial motion for qualified immunity, we accept as true the facts alleged by Jackson, the nonmoving party. Williams v. Delo, 49 F.3d 442, 444 n. 1 (8th Cir.1995). On August…
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