JOHNSON v. BOWERS

No. 88-2641.

884 F.2d 1053 (1989)

Van JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Dr. Richard K. BOWERS and John R. Douglas, CO III, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1989.

As Modified on Grant of Rehearing October 27, 1989.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew H. McCue, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Kelly Mescher, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before BEAM, Circuit Judge, and HEANEY and BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judges.


Rehearing En Banc Denied October 27, 1989.

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Van Johnson, an inmate at the Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP), appeals an adverse judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in his action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment rights by denying him recommended surgery to repair nerve damage to his arm, beating him when he complained about the denial of surgery, and failing to properly...

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