O'CONNOR v. JONES

No. 91-2693.

946 F.2d 1395 (1991)

James O'CONNOR, Appellee, v. Jim JONES, Superintendent, Missouri Training Center for Men, Dr. Chung, FCC Medical, Appellants, Avery Hutcheson, Sheriff of Mississippi County.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bardgett, Clayton, Mo., argued (Mark Levison, Nelson Mitten, Howard Smotkin, St. Louis, Mo., on brief), for appellants.

Jim Shoemake, St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case is before the Court on interlocutory appeal from the District Court's determination that counsel representing appellants in the underlying cause should be disqualified. We reverse.

Appellee in this case is James O'Connor, plaintiff in a lawsuit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) alleging that the medical treatment he received as a prisoner in the Missouri correctional system was inadequate. O'Connor was granted leave...

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