Clayton Hanks v. David Prachar

Former Minnesota inmate Clayton James Hanks appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Hanks sued for injunctive relief and damages against St. Louis County Jail (Jail) Administrator David Prachar, Brad Kenney, and Penny Wheatman. He claimed Eighth Amendment and due process violations based on incidents that he alleged occurred when he was a pretrial detainee in 1998 and 1999: he was placed in four-point restraints, chained to a wall in a “rubber room,” forced to shower in waist chains and shackles, and denied hearings before being punished.…