KEY v. McKINNEY

No. 98-2749.

176 F.3d 1083 (1999)

Kelvin KEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, Raymond Marvin Mickelson, Jr.; Gary Case; on their own behalf and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. James McKINNEY; John Ault; Russell Behrends; C/O; Mayo, Captain, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed May 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Ingram, Iowa City, Iowa, argued (Janice B. Binder, Iowa City, Iowa, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Forrest Arthur Guddall, Des Moines, Iowa, argued, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: McMILLIAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

While he was incarcerated in Anamosa State Penitentiary Kelvin Key was restrained in handcuffs and leg shackles for twenty-four hours for throwing water on a corrections officer. Key filed this action against Iowa prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the restraint procedure violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. After trial on a stipulated record the district court1 ruled in favor...

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