United States Eighth Circuit

In a claim alleging that defendants-jail officials did not protect inmates from assault by other inmates, defendants were entitled to qualified immunity since the facts alleged by plaintiff did not establish that defendants disregarded any known risk.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2005
• Published 04/12/2005

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BEAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael R. Rainwater, argued, Little Rock, Arkansas (Jason E. Owens, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Morgan E. Welch, argued, Little Rock, Arkansas (J.G. “Gerry” Schulze and David H. Williams, on the brief), for appellee.