United States Eighth Circuit

A detention facility supervisor's conviction for depriving two prisoners of their Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment is affirmed where: 1) the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction; and 2) there was no error with regard to the admission of a prisoner's medical records or a jailer's statements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/23/2007
• Published 02/23/2007

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Craig Lambert, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher C. Wang, argued, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellee.