STEARNS v. INMATE SERVICES CORP.

No. 18-3707.

957 F.3d 902 (2020)

Danzel STEARNS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INMATE SERVICES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. James , James & Carter, Little Rock, AR, Paul H. Masuhara , Mark E. Merin , Law Office of Mark E. Merin, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant,

Chuck Gschwend , Mark Mayfield , Womack & Phelps, Jonesboro, AR, John T. McLandrich , Terence L. Williams , Mazanec & Raskin, Cleveland, OH, Ross Emerson Webster , Glankler & Brown, Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KELLY, MELLOY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


Danzel Stearns filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Inmate Services Corporation (ISC). A county in Mississippi hired ISC to transport Stearns, a pretrial detainee subject to extradition, from Colorado. The trip could have taken under 17 hours. Stearns alleged ISC violated Stearns's right to be free from punishment...

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