Legal Opinion
Norman v. Schuetzle
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 9, 2009No. 08-1686, 08-2219PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Following an attack by a fellow inmate, James Norman, the appellee and an inmate at the North Dakota State Penitentiary (NDSP), filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against various prison officials for their alleged failure to protect him in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court granted qualified immunity to all but four of the prison officials, who then filed these consolidated interlocutory appeals from the denial of their motions for qualified immunity. We reverse and remand for entry of summary judgment based on qualified immunity in favor of each of the…
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