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GOFF v. BURTON

No. 95-3289.

91 F.3d 1188 (1996)

George GOFF, Appellee, v. James R. BURTON, John Henry, Crispus Nix, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Layne M. Lindebak, Assistant Attorney General, Des Moines, IA, argued, for appellant.

Lisa E. Frankel, Student Legal Intern, Iowa City, IA, argued (John B. Whiston and Michael Eskander, Student Legal Intern, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant prison officials (the defendants) appeal the district court's1 judgment in favor of George Goff in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 retaliatory discipline and transfer action. We affirm.

I. Background

In the fall of 1989, Goff was incarcerated at the John Bennett Correctional Center (the correctional center), a medium security facility outside the walls of the Iowa State Penitentiary (the penitentiary...

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