VANDEVENDER v. SASS

No. 19-1230.

970 F.3d 972 (2020)

James VANDEVENDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Captain Walter SASS, et al., in their individual capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 31, 2020.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Bradford , Bassford & Remele, Minneapolis, MN, Phillip Frederick Fishman , Phillip F. Fishman Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kathryn Iverson Landrum , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before LOKEN, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Minnesota inmate James Vandevender was assaulted by another inmate using a 4×4 wooden board at the correctional facility in Rush City ("MCF-Rush City"). Vandevender suffered head injuries that require life-long medical treatment and has developed a seizure disorder. His assailant, Mark Latimer, was convicted of attempted...

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