United States Eighth Circuit

In a suit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections and individual prison officials for allegedly violating plaintiff's mother's Eighth Amendment rights, by deliberate indifference to her serious need of medical care, resulting in her death, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) on the undisputed facts of the case, no reasonable jury could find that the decedent suffered from an objectively serious medical need; 2) on the record, no reasonable jury could find that defendants had actual knowledge of a serious medical need; and 3) defendant-nurse was entitled to qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2008
• Published 01/09/2008

Judges

• BENTON, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bradley Kirscher, argued, St. Paul MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer Ann Service, Assistant Attorney General, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellees.