Legal Opinion
Elaine Tucker v. Marvin Evans
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 14, 2002No. 01-1778PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal comes before us following the district court’s order denying three prison employees’ motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 9,1998, William Edward Tucker (now deceased) was housed in Barracks 7, a general population barracks, at the East Arkansas Regional Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC). That evening, Officer Kendrick Daniels was assigned to the control booth for Barracks 7 and 8. At approximately 10:30 p.m., Daniels conducted a count of the inmates in Barracks 7. After finishing with the…
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