Legal Opinion
Greg Stevens v. F.H. McHan Major, Cummins Unit, A.D.C.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1993No. 92-3252PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. The district court 1 found that prison official F.H. McHan violated prisoner Greg Stevens’s procedural due process rights and awarded Stevens damages of $500 per day for the eight days he was confined in administrative segregation. McHan appeals. We affirm on the issue of liability, but we reverse and remand for recalculation on the issue of damages.
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Stevens, a prisoner with an amputated finger on his left hand, received a medical limitations slip, commonly referred to as a “script,” prohibiting him from working with a hoe in the prison…
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