STANLEY v. HENDERSON

No. 78-1801.

597 F.2d 651 (1979)

Jackie STANLEY, III, Appellee, v. Major O. L. HENDERSON and Major Bob DeJarnette, Correctional Officers, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen. and James E. Smedley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., on brief for appellants.

John B. Peace, of Davidson, Plastiras, Horne, Hollingsworth & Arnold, Little Rock, Ark., on brief for appellee.

Before HEANEY, STEPHENSON and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellee Jackie Stanley, III, an inmate of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction, filed a complaint for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Major O. L. Henderson and Major Bob DeJarnette, Correctional Officers of the Cummins Unit. Stanley alleged in his complaint that Henderson and DeJarnette, acting under color of state law, assaulted him, inflicting serious bodily injury. After trial to the court, the Honorable G. Thomas Eisele...

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