AXELSON v. WATSON

No. 19-3591.

999 F.3d 541 (2021)

Tim AXELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Randall WATSON, Warden, Varner Unit; Moses Jackson, Assistant Warden, Varner Unit; Floria Washington, Classification Officer, Varner Unit (originally named as F. Washington); Kennie Bolden, Major/Chief of Security, Varner Unit, Defendants-Appellees Ashlee Shabazz, Sergeant, 8 Bks Varner Unit (originally named as Shabazz); Mark Stephens, Captain, Varner Unit (originally named as Stephens), Defendants William Conner, Captain, Varner Unit (originally named as Conner); Telicia Mothershed, Officer, Varner Unit (originally named as Mothershed), Defendants-Appellees Jane Doe, Grievance Officer, Varner Unit; John Does, Officers 1-6, Varner Unit; Myheisia Jones, Corporal; Travis Goins, Officer; Larry Louis, Officer; Gary Williams, Officer, Defendants John Rogers, Officer, Defendant-Appellee Deborah Andrews, Corporal; Chester Rayford, Officer; Shondreka Cooper, Corporal; James Plummer; Freddie L. Gibson, Sergeant (originally named as Gibson), Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Axelson, East Arkansas Regional Unit, Marianna, AR, Pro Se.

Khuong (Alex) B. Nguyen , Shook & Hardy, Kansas City, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

KaTina Hodge-Guest , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Little. Rock, AR, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KELLY, GRASZ, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


Tim Axelson brought this action against prison officials alleging that they failed to protect him from his fellow inmates after he was labeled a snitch. The district court1 sua sponte granted judgment as a matter of law to five defendants. Axelson appeals and also says that the district court...

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