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No Jurisdiction for Interlocutory Appeal Where Evidence Is Disputed in Failure to Protect Suit
Loaded on May 15, 2000
by John E Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2000, page 36
No Jurisdiction for Interlocutory Appeal Where
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Appeals,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Arkansas.
Evidence Is Disputed in Failure to Protect Suit
by John E. Dannenberg
The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Ap-peals held that in a prisoner's Eighth Amendment claim for damages arising from an attack by another prisoner, jurisdiction did not lie for the appellate court ...
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