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Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the denial of qualified immunity to two guards on failure-to-protect claims.

Minnesota prisoner Kenneth Young was assigned to Edward Whitefeather’s cell. Almost immediately, Whitefeather threatened Young, telling him that “he would do whatever he wanted to do” in the cell “and that if ...

 

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