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JONES v. SHIELDS

No. 99-1869.

207 F.3d 491 (2000)

R.D. JONES, Defendant-Appellant, v. Thuworn SHIELDS, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 23, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clementine Infante, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellant.

Phillip Farris, Batesville, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and WEBB, District Judge.

WEBB, District Judge.

I.

Thuworn Shields, an inmate incarcerated at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC), brought this pro se Section 1983 action against corrections officer R.D. Jones, alleging Jones inflicted cruel and unusual punishment upon Shields by unjustly spraying Shields with "capstun." Jones appeals interlocutory the District Court's denial of his motion for judgment as a matter of law based upon qualified immunity...

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