Legal Opinion
Hafner v. Delano
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 10, 1994No. 18434PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Chief Justice.
Hafner appeals summary judgment granted to prison officials and personnel he sued, claiming that while he was incarcerated in the South Dakota State Penitentiary they were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, thereby violating his Eighth Amendment rights. We affirm.
FACTS
Richard Hafner was sentenced to the South Dakota Penitentiary in March, 1989, after pleading guilty to the second-degree rape of his fifteen-year-old niece. On or about May 25, 1989, Hafner was attacked by three unnamed inmates. 1 The inmates forced him to his knees, one held Hafner’s…
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