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Qualified Immunity Denial Upheld, Punishment Requires "Some Evidence"

Qualified Immunity Denial Upheld, Punishment Requires "Some Evidence"

The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds to prison officials who punished a prisoner without evidence of wrongdoing.

David Engel, a prisoner at the Iowa Men's Reformatory, was disciplined for making threats or ...

 

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