Luncsford v. Nix

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND PLEADINGS

BREMER, United States Magistrate Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs resisted motion to amend.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On June 24, 1992, Timothy Luncsford, an inmate at Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP), filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Luncsford alleges that on March 16, 1992, he was attacked by another ISP inmate, resulting in serious injury. Luncsford claims Defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights because the attack was the result of their March 12,1992 decision to place him in general population at…