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WILLIAMS v. WILLITS

No. 87-1884.

853 F.2d 586 (1988)

Jerry Lee WILLIAMS, Sr., Appellant, v. Wayne WILLITS; Eldon McKinley; Roy Gully; Larry Moline; Reuben Baker; and Unknown Correctional Officers at the Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Malm, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

Layne M. Lindebak, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and BENSON, District Judge.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Jerry Lee Williams, Sr. appeals from an order of the district court dismissing his civil rights complaint against five correctional staff members of the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP); the warden (Scurr) of the ISP; and the Director of Adult Corrections (Farrier) for the State of Iowa. The district court found that the ISP staff members were protected from appellant's suit by qualified immunity. The court found that appellant's allegations against...

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