VOSBURG v. SOLEM

Nos. 87-5032, 87-5033.

845 F.2d 763 (1988)

Willard Ralph VOSBURG, Appellee, v. Herman SOLEM and Richard Rist, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1988.

Opinion on Denial of Rehearing June 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Bastian, Pierre, S.D., for appellants.

Michael J. Schaffer, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, MAGILL, Circuit Judge, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


LAY, Chief Judge.

Willard Vosburg brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) action, seeking monetary and injunctive relief. Vosburg claims that Herman Solem, Warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, and Richard D. Rist, Associate Warden, violated his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Following a five-day trial, the jury returned a verdict awarding Vosburg $10,000 on his section 1983 claim. We affirm...

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