Legal Opinion
Williams v. Adams
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1991No. 90-2201WMPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for damages brought by Ernest C. Williams, a Missouri prisoner, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants are various officials and employees of the Missouri State Penitentiary. The District Court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint with prejudice. In the main, we affirm. We hold, however, that plaintiffs Eighth Amendment claim, having to do with the conditions of his confinement while in a detention cell, raised genuine issues of material fact, making summary judgment inappropriate. As to this claim, accordingly, the…
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