Legal Opinion

David Engel v. J. Wendl, Larry Brimeyer

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 31, 1991No. 90-1804PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Per curiam 1

J. Wendl and Larry Brimeyer appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment based upon qualified immunity. We affirm.

Wendl and Brimeyer were members of the Disciplinary Committee at the Iowa Men’s Reformatory in 1987. David Engel, an inmate at the Reformatory, sent an anonymous note to prison officials stating: “Please get J. Freeman and Plació [sic] off the yard as soon as possible before they get hurt. Their life is in danger. I think they work in laundry.” Engel told officials he wrote the note because he believed another inmate, Cavallaro, intended to harm Freeman…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Hanrahan v. HamptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. George Goff, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Steve Dailey, Superintendent of Clarinda Richard Huckins, Correctional Officer, Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  2. Goff v. DaileyDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1992
  3. Bressman v. FarrierDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1993
  4. Boutchee v. GrossheimCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  5. Boutchee v. GrossheimCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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