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LAWRENCE v. BOWERSOX

No. 01-1813.

297 F.3d 727 (2002)

Edward V. LAWRENCE; Dennis Kirksey, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. Michael BOWERSOX; Gloria Gourley; Donna McCondichie; Carl McCory, C.O. II; Defendants/Appellants, James W. Lawrence, individually and in his official capacity as a Corrections Officer and member of the Emergency Squad at the Potosi Correctional Center; Billy Nipper, individually and in his official capacity as a Corrections Officer and a member of the Emergency Squad at the Farmington Correctional Center; Defendants, Thomas Hays, individually and in his official capacity as a Corrections Officer and member of the Emergency Squad at the Farmington Correctional Center; Defendant/Appellant, Arthur Holms, individually and in his official capacity as a Corrections Officer and member of the Emergency Squad at the Farmington Correctional Center; Alton Thompson, individually and in his official capacity as a Corrections Officer and member of the Emergency Squad at the Farmington Correctional Center, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Steven Brown, argued, AAG, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

Daniel O'Keefe, argued, St. Louis, MO (Christian M. Stevens and Jennifer L. Winn, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Prison inmates Edward V. Lawrence and Dennis Kirksey won a $10,002 jury verdict against Corrections Officer Thomas Hays arising out of a pepper spraying incident at the Potosi Correctional Center. The district court1 denied Hays' motion for judgment as a matter of law. The district court also awarded discovery sanctions in the amount of $8,712.19 against Hays and several other corrections officials

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