WASHINGTON v. DENNEY

No. 17-2747.

900 F.3d 549 (2018)

Ecclesiastical Denzel WASHINGTON, also known as Willie Simmons, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Larry DENNEY, Warden, Defendant-Appellant Terry Page, Deputy Warden; Chris McBee, Deputy Warden; Todd Warren, Assistant Warden; Lauretta Aitkens, Chief of Custody, Defendants Ronda Pash, Deputy Warden, Defendant-Appellant Kimberly Herring, F.U.M., Defendant Cyndi Prudden, Deputy Division Director, Defendant-Appellant Shawn D. Huff, C.O. II; Shawn Pettigrew, C.C.W.; Judy Huff, C.C.W.; Brian Montgomery; Mr. White, Defendants Mrs. Richey, Defendant-Appellant Sliver, C.O. II; Mrs. McDonnal; Steven Nibarger; Mr. Green; Deron Neu; Brent Jestes; Mrs. Parkhurst, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants was Nicolas Taulbee , AAG, of Kansas City, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Michael Foster , of Kansas City, MO. The following attorney also appeared on the appellee brief; Phillip J. R. Zeeck , of Kansas City, MO.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


Ecclesiastical Denzel Washington brought suit against Larry Denney, Ronda Pash, Cynthia Prudden, and Cheryl Richey, corrections officials (collectively, "corrections officials") at Crossroads Correctional Center ("Crossroads"), for violation of his Eighth Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, he alleged...

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