ENGEL v. WENDL

No. 90-1804.

921 F.2d 148 (1990)

David ENGEL, Appellee, v. J. WENDL, Larry Brimeyer, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1990.

Application for Attorney Fees Denied January 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon E. Allen and Layne M. Lindebak, Asst. Attys. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellants.

Philip B. Mears, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

J. Wendl and Larry Brimeyer appeal the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment based upon qualified immunity. We affirm.

Wendl and Brimeyer were members of the Disciplinary Committee at the Iowa Men's Reformatory in 1987. David Engel, an inmate at the Reformatory, sent an anonymous note to prison officials stating: "Please get J. Freeman and Placio [sic] off the yard as soon as possible before they get hurt. Their life is in...

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