Legal Opinion
Roy Burns v. Edward Eaton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 23, 2014No. 13-1730PublishedCited by 205 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Roy Don Burns, an inmate in the Maximum Security Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections (“ADC”), claims that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated when Sgt. Earl Eaton pepper-sprayed Burns when he refused to return to his cell after showering, and Cpl. Renita White turned off the water, preventing Burns from rinsing off the pepper spray for ten to fifteen minutes. The district court 1 granted summary judgment dismissing these claims, concluding that Eaton was entitled to qualified immunity and that Burns failed to exhaust…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Jones v. BockSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Hudson v. McMillianSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by205 opinions
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