Legal Opinion
Steven Kulkay v. Tom Roy
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 2, 2017No. 16-1801PublishedCited by 297 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBINGER, District Judge.
Former inmate Steven Kulkay injured himself while using industrial equipment in the workshop of a Minnesota correctional facility. Kulkay sued the Minnesota Department of Corrections and related parties alleging violations of his civil rights under, the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, as well as negligence of prison employees. The district court 2 dismissed all of Kulkay’s claims. On appeal, Kulkay argues the district court erred in dismissing his Eighth Amendment claims against the individual defendants. We affirm.
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