Legal Opinion
R.D. Jones v. Thuworn Shields
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 23, 2000No. 99-1869PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBB, District Judge.
I
Thuworn Shields, an inmate incarcerated at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC), brought this pro se Section 1983 action against corrections officer R.D. Jones, alleging Jones inflicted cruel and unusual punishment upon Shields by unjustly spraying Shields with “capstan.” Jones appeals interlocutory the District Court’s denial of his motion for judgment as a matter of law based upon qualified immunity. We reverse.
II
A Magistrate Judge conducted an evi-dentiary hearing to determine whether Shields’ allegations warranted a jury trial.2 The…
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3Cited by99 opinions
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