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JORDEN v. FARRIER

No. 85-1764.

788 F.2d 1347 (1986)

Walter JORDEN, Appellant, v. Harold FARRIER, Paul Loeffelholz and Cripus Nix, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Green and Peter A. Peak, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellant.

Mark Hunacek, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, Senior District Judge.

HANSON, Senior District Judge.

Jorden brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Iowa correctional officials for failing to provide him with medication to treat his severe muscle contraction headaches. The district court, treating defendant's motion to dismiss as a motion for summary judgment, granted the motion and ordered judgment entered for defendants. We reverse.

Jorden was shot in the head in 1976. The...

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