Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Booker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1986No. Nos. 83-2540, 83-2541 and 83-2573PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
George Thomas filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that three employees of the St. Louis City Jail, Thomas Booker, William Humphrey, and Alphonso Lark, violated his constitutional rights by failing to protect him from violent attacks by other inmates. After a panel of this court considered the case, see Thomas v. Booker, 762 F.2d 654 (8th Cir.1985), this court, on its own motion, granted rehearing en banc. We now affirm the judgment awarding Thomas $3,000 actual damages and $10,000 punitive damages against Booker and $1,000 actual damages against Humphrey. We also…
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