Terrance Hood v. D. White, No. 13-2654 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil case - Prisoner civil rights. Defendant jail officials were entitled to qualified immunity on prisoner's claim the jail's shower procedures violated his Eighth Amendment and Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 13-2654 ___________________________ Terrance J. Hood, also known as Terrance J. Soto lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. D. White, Sheriff; Naylor, Captain; Boulton, Lt. lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines ____________ Submitted: May 8, 2014 Filed: May 28, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. In this 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 action, Terrance Hood appeals the district court s1 dismissal of his complaint that the allegedly humiliating lack of privacy to which he 1 The Honorable Ronald E. Longstaff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. is exposed when he showers at the Muscatine County Jail violates the Eighth Amendment and his Fourth Amendment right of privacy, and the court s denial of his motion to reconsider. Following careful review, we affirm both orders because we agree with the district court that defendants are entitled to qualified immunity, and the court did not abuse its discretion in denying reconsideration. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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