MURPHY v. JONES

No. 88-1519.

877 F.2d 682 (1989)

Michael D. MURPHY, Appellant, v. Jim JONES, Sally Walls, Jerry Hudson, Maurice Guerrin, James Moore, Terry Morris, Lee Roy Black, Raymond Newberry, Missouri Department of Corrections, Donald Wyrick, C.R. Anderson and James L. Dodd, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Spieler, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

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

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judges.


TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Michael D. Murphy appeals from a judgment entered February 10, 1988 in the Eastern District of Missouri, Northern Division, George F. Gunn, Jr., District Judge, adopting a magistrate's report and recommendation and dismissing appellant's § 1983 civil rights action on a motion for summary judgment on the ground that the action was barred by res judicata.

On appeal, appellant argues that dismissal was improper since...

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