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Allowing Others to Attack Prisoner, Making Credible Death Threats, Labeling Prisoner a Snitch Violate Eighth Amendment
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2009, page 41
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed in part a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to four guards accused of violating a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights.
Filed under:
Retaliation,
Retaliation for Litigating,
Snitch Jacketing,
Failure to Protect (General),
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Missouri.
William Irving, a Missouri prisoner, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Thomas Brigance, Ronetta Hyer, Warren Cressey and ...
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