Legal Opinion
Ronald Lee Roy Branchcomb v. Lou Brewer, James Menke, and Charles Wilkins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1982No. 81-1786PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by an Iowa inmate against the Warden and other officials of the Iowa Men’s Penitentiary. Plaintiff claims that he has been assaulted and homosexually raped and that defendants are at fault. Defendants’ conduct in permitting plaintiff to be exposed to the inmates who attacked him is said to have violated the Fifth and Eighth Amendments, as made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth.
After a non-jury trial, the District Court filed findings of fact and conclusions of law and entered judgment for defendants. The court’s findings of fact simply…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Finney v. Arkansas Board of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Malcolm Little, Jr. v. Daniel WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Roger James Cline v. Donald Herman, United States Marshal, for the District of South Dakota and Two Unknown (Agents) MarshalsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
3Cited by42 opinions
- Greg Zatler v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- John Everett Miller v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, and Gay KrullCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- DeGidio v. PungCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- McKinley Robinson v. Morris Cavanaugh, Dining Room Sgt. Dick Moore Steve Long Michael Groose David DormireCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Charles W. Andrews v. Leroy Siegel, Tom Dowdle, Robert Erickson, John Twohig, and State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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