KULOW v. NIX

No. 93-2106.

28 F.3d 855 (1994)

Ronald KULOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Crispus NIX; Charles Harper, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reta Noblett-Feld, Iowa City, IA, argued (John S. Allen, Laura G. Miller and Derrick Dyer, on the brief), for appellant.

Kristin Ensign, Des Moines, IA, argued, for appellees.

Before LOKEN, Circuit Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and KYLE, District Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

The principal issue in this § 1983 and habeas corpus action is whether Ronald Kulow is an illiterate and incompetent inmate of the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) who has a procedural due process right to counsel substitute at prison disciplinary hearings and classification reviews. A second issue is whether Warden Crispus Nix has been deliberately indifferent to Kulow's serious medical needs in failing to prescribe more effective drugs to...

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