HAMNER v. BURLS

No. 18-2181.

937 F.3d 1171 (2019)

Charles HAMNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Danny BURLS, Warden, Maximum Security Unit, ADC; Connie Jenkins, Classification Supervisor/Officer, Maximum Security Unit, ADC; Maurice Williams, Major, Maximum Security Unit, ADC; Steve Outlaw, Deputy Warden, Maximum Security Unit, ADC; Marvin Evans, Deputy Director, ADC, Defendants-Appellees. Professors and Practitioners of Psychiatry and Psychology, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Daniel Mark Greenfield , of Chicago, IL. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Joshua A. Kurtzman , formerly of Chicago, IL.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees was Vincent P. France , AAG, of Little Rock, AR. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellees brief; William C. Bird, III , AAG, of Little Rock, AR.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief; Christin Jaye Eaton , of Minneapolis, MN., Julie Wahlstrand , of Minneapolis, MN.

Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


Charles Hamner sued Arkansas prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging deprivations of his constitutional rights while incarcerated. He sought injunctive and declaratory relief and damages. The district court1 concluded that Hamner's complaint failed to state a claim and dismissed...

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