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WHITE v. KELSEY

No. 90-1997.

935 F.2d 968 (1991)

Letitia Pauline WHITE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Earsel Larry Johnson, Appellee, v. Dr. Kenneth KELSEY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1991.

As Amended June 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Farmer, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellant.

Charles W. Gordon, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and MAGILL and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

LAY, Chief Judge.

In 1984, Earsel Larry Johnson, a Missouri state prisoner, broke his ankle after being thrown down some stairs by a group of inmates. On March 6, 1984, Johnson filed a pro se complaint in the federal district court against William Armontrout, the prison warden, alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs and inadequate medical care, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). On May 3, he amended...

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