BLAIR v. BOWERSOX

No. 18-1486.

929 F.3d 981 (2019)

Diamond D. BLAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Michael BOWERSOX, Warden, Defendant. Roger Terry, Deputy Assistant Warden, Defendant-Appellee. John Doe 1, SCCC Correctional Officer I; John Doe 2, SCCC Correctional Officer I; Jane Doe 1, SCCC Correctional Officer I; Jane Doe 2, SCCC Correctional Officer I, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Ashley E. Dillon , of Kansas City, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; John C. Aisenbrey , of Kansas City, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Peter T. Reed , AAG, of Saint Louis, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Michael Pritchett , AAG, of Jefferson City, MO., Sheaffer K. Fennessey , AAG, of Columbia, MO.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, BENTON and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


Inmate Diamond Blair was attacked by a fellow inmate on the first day he arrived at South Central Correctional Center (SCCC) in Licking, Missouri. Following the attack, prison officials placed Blair in a single-man cell in the facility's administrative segregation unit ("Ad-Seg") while they conducted an investigation. Officials...

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