REECE v. GROOSE

No. 94-2165.

60 F.3d 487 (1995)

Gerry D. REECE, Appellee, v. Michael GROOSE, James Eberle, Delores Phillips, Charles Verdugo, John Motel, Gerald Bommel, Henry Jackson, Daniel Kempker, and Jack Kirk, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea K. Spillars, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued, for appellant.

Patrick J. Gregory, Overland Park, KS, argued, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and MURPHY, Circuit Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Gerry Reece, an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center, filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the defendants, all officers and employees of the Missouri Penal System. Reece alleges that all of the defendants except for Charles Verdugo failed to protect him from a substantial risk of serious harm in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Reece alleges that Charles Verdugo violated the Eighth Amendment by being...

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