SCOTT v. BALDWIN

No. 12-3350.

720 F.3d 1034 (2013)

Richard SCOTT; Tim Burney; Kevin Underwood; J'Won Wilder, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John BALDWIN, individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Iowa Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Lipman , argued, Des Moines, IA, Lynn E. Cunningham , Dubois, WY, and Thomas Alan Hurd , Des Moines, IA, on the brief, for appellants.

William Allen Hill , argued, and Tyler Murray Smith , on the brief, AAG, Des Moines, IA, for appellee.

Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


BENTON, Circuit Judge.

Four ex-inmates of the Iowa Department of Corrections sued DOC Director John R. Baldwin, individually and in his official capacity, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They sought monetary and injunctive relief (and class certification) for detention beyond their release dates, in violation of their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs appeal the district court's1 grant of qualified immunity to Baldwin on the individual...

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