United States Eighth Circuit

In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a Supermax Unit and several of its officers raising a tort claim for battery and alleging that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated when officers used excessive force to extract him from his cell, judgment pursuant to a jury verdict for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the evidence was sufficient to support the jury verdict; and 2) defense attorney's comments during closing arguments did not unfairly prejudice the jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/07/2008
• Published 08/07/2008

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles M. Mooney, Jr., Jonesboro, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patricia Van Ausdall Bell, AAG, Little Rock, AR, for appellees.