United States Eighth Circuit

The jury had sufficient evidence on which to base its finding that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to the risk that a prison guard, who had already received several complaints, would assault a female inmate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/08/2002
• Published 03/08/2002

Judges

• HANSEN, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN, HEANEY, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julie Burger, Asst. Atty. General, argued, Des Moines, IA (Layne M. Lindebak, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey M. Lipman, argued, Des Moines, IA (Charles W. Hendricks, on the brief), for appellee.