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LONG v. NIX

No. 95-1613.

86 F.3d 761 (1996)

Merlin C. LONG, Appellant, v. Crispus C. NIX; Sally Chandler-Halford, as Director of the Iowa Department of Corrections; Thomas Hundley, Warden of ISP; Paul W. Grossheim; Paul W. Loeffelholz; Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied July 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Frasher, Student Legal Intern, Iowa City, IA, argued (John B. Whiston, Steven Heim, and Theresa Hodnett, on the brief), for appellant.

William A. Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, IA, argued for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, LOKEN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied July 15, 1996.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Merlin C. Long is serving a life sentence at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) for the brutal murder of a woman. See Long v. Brewer, 253 N.W.2d 549, 551 (Iowa 1977). He filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) lawsuit against officials of the Iowa Department of Corrections seeking, among other things, treatment for a gender...

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