MURPHY v. MORRIS

No. 87-2026.

849 F.2d 1101 (1988)

Michael D. MURPHY, Appellee, v. Terry D. MORRIS, Kelly Mescher, Appellants, and Unknown M.T.C.M. Mail Room Personnel.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul LaRose, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellants.

Daniel P. Card, II, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, WOLLMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 27, 1988.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Kelly Mescher, an assistant attorney general for the State of Missouri, appeals from the district court's denial of her motion to dismiss this action, brought by Michael Murphy, an inmate of the Missouri Department of Corrections, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Mescher argues that the district court erred in concluding that she is not absolutely immune from suit for acts undertaken...

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