Holden v. Hirner, et al., No. 10-3656 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff appealed the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment on his 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim against several prison officials. Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee, was assaulted by three other inmates while he awaited trial. The court held that the evidence presented was insufficient to show that the prison officials knew or disregarded a known risk where plaintiff offered no evidence that the prison officials had any knowledge of any specified danger posed to plaintiff by another inmate in the protective custody pod. The court also held that plaintiff failed to offer evidence that prison officials provided constitutionally inadequate medical treatment. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
Court Description: Civil case - civil rights. District court did not err in granting defendants' motion for summary judgment on claim they failed to protect plaintiff from harm while he was detained at the county jail as there was no evidence the defendants were actually aware of any prior incidents of violence with one of the inmates in plaintiff's protective pod or that they had any knowledge of any specific danger he posed to plaintiff; plaintiff failed to show defendants were deliberately indifferent to his medical need for dental care.
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