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ARNOLD v. JONES

No. 89-1236.

891 F.2d 1370 (1989)

Curtis ARNOLD, Appellee, v. Patrick JONES; C/O Blythe; C/O Creeden; C/O Scheers; C/O Edwards; C/O Whitson; Lt. Olson, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1989.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristin W. Ensign, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellants.

Michael D. Huppert, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before MAGILL, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Curtis Arnold, an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP), sued various employees of ISP under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), for injuries he received when another inmate, Patrick Jones, beat him approximately fifteen times with a lead pipe. Arnold argues that the defendants1 deprived him of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment because they failed to immediately intervene...

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