BRESSMAN v. FARRIER

Nos. 89-1186, 89-1187.

900 F.2d 1305 (1990)

Rick Dean BRESSMAN, Appellant, v. Hal FARRIER, et al., Appellees. George GOFF, Appellee, v. Crispus NIX; Harold Farrier; Deputy Warden Henry; Correctional Officer Spangler; Correctional Officer Rooney; Correctional Officer Marshall; Correctional Officer Severin; Correctional Officer Drummond; Correctional Officer Stevens; Correctional Officer Fields; Correctional Officer Dilks, Appellants. George GOFF, Appellee, v. Steve DAILEY, Superintendent of Clarinda; Correctional Officer Huskins, Appellant. Laurence BURGIN, Appellee, v. Hal FARRIER; Paul Grossheim; Crispus Nix; on Welder; Charles Harper; Marion Ware; John Sanders; Randall Martain; R.W. McVeigh; John Lewis; A.K. Anderson; Richard McAllon; Neal Breding; Captain Bridle; J.R. Goetz; Gerald Dolf; George Finn; Lt. Mitchell; Paul Schrock; John Dewey; Richard Larkin; George Clymax; Rick Barlow; Donell Prough; Lt. Birdsell; Steve Young; Kevin Selton; Lt. Barnard; Lt. Crowell; James Rennea; Ray Olson; Pat McLaughlin; Bob Washington, Appellants. Ronald W. BREWER and James Whited, Jr., Appellees, v. John HENRY; Sarah Coats; James Burton (Captain), Appellants. Ronald A. MAHERS, Appellee, v. Crispus C. NIX; Charles Harper; Ken Wittry; Ronald G. Welder; Paul Grossheim, Appellants. Charles O. REESE, Appellees, v. Hal FARRIER; C.C. Nix, Warden; Hedgepeth; John Henry; Ron G. Welder; Charles Harper, Appellants. Chester WALTON, Jr., Appellee, v. Crispus C. NIX; Charles Harper; Lieutenant Ship; Ronald G. Welder, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Layne M. Lindebak, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before HEANEY, BOWMAN, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 30, 1990.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals draw us once more into that ambiguous borderland between habeas corpus actions and suits brought by state prisoners under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which we first explored in Offet v. Solem, 823 F.2d 1256, 1257 (8th Cir.1987). In Offet, we held that under Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475...

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