Legal Opinion

Ronald Dean Brown v. Crispus C. Nix John Henry John Emmet Paul Hedgepath Charles Harper Paul Grossheim Hal Farrier

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 18, 1994No. 93-3742PublishedCited by 79 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Crispus C. Nix, John Henry, John Emmet, Paul Hedgepath, Charles Harper, Paul Gros-sheim, and Hal Farrier (“prison officials”) appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment on the ground of qualified immunity. We reverse and remand with directions to dismiss.

I. BACKGROUND

Ronald Dean Brown is an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP). He filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for money damages and declaratory relief, contending that prison officials had deprived him of his constitutional rights by sentencing him to nine years of administrative…

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