Legal Opinion
Keith v. Koerner
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 12, 2013No. 12-3101PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellee Tracy Keith, a former inmate, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of her rights under the Eighth Amendment. App. 2. She named as Defendants former warden Richard Koerner and other Kansas Department of Corrections employees. Id. Mr. Koerner appeals from the district court’s denial of qualified immunity. See Keith v. Werholtz, No. 11-2281-KHV, 2012 WL 1059858 (D.Kan. Mar. 28, 2012). Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.
Background
Ms. Keith was an inmate at the Topeka Correctional Facility…
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