United States Eighth Circuit

In an inmate's action raising a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 First Amendment free speech claim, and a claim brought pursuant to the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), a judgment and denial of plaintiff's motion for new trial after an adverse jury verdict on the claims is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial court erred in instructing the jury as to both claims; 2) the denial of the new trial motion was error; 3) the trial court erred in excluding certain evidence; and 4) it also erroneously denied a motion for reconsideration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/08/2007
• Published 11/08/2007

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jason Henry, argued, Poplar Bluff, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Virginia H. Murray, Assistant Attorney General, Diane F. Peters, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, Jefferson City, MO, for appellees.