United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants, a state and officials, in a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging violations of plaintiff-former inmate's constitutional rights by a wrongful classification as a sex offender is affirmed where the district court properly determined that: 1) parole officials were entitled to absolute immunity; and 2) certain supervisory defendants had no personal involvement in the alleged violations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/30/2006
• Published 03/30/2006

Judges

• BENTON, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, MELLOY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Aldo P. Caller, Kansas City, KS, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Deborah Bell Yates, Attorney General's Office, St. Louis, MO, for Appellees.