PROSSER v. ROSS

No. 94-3607.

70 F.3d 1005 (1995)

Christopher Lee PROSSER, Appellee, v. Davis L. ROSS, CO I, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alana Maria Barragan-Scott, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, Missouri, argued (Orval E. Jones, on the brief), for appellant.

Richard Beaver, Jefferson City, Missouri, argued, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

David Ross appeals the district court's denial of his motion for summary judgment on his defense of qualified immunity. We reverse.

I.

Appellee Christopher Prosser is an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center who sustained permanent injuries when inmate Charles Pilgrim attacked him. Prosser and Pilgrim were housed in adjoining cells in Housing Unit 3-A. A few days prior to the incident, a disturbance...

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