Legal Opinion
Young v. Selk
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 28, 2007No. 06-3883PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Prisoner Kenneth Young brought an action against the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MDOC) and its officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they violated the eighth amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment by failing to protect him from an assault by his roommate. His complaint also included an assault claim against his attackers. When MDOC and the prison officials moved to dismiss the claims against them, the district court, 1 treating the motion as one for summary judgment, granted the motion in part. It denied the motion, however, as to…
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