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083141P.pdf   04/13/2010  Thomas Morris, III  v.  Armand Zefferi
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-3141
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Wollman and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - civil rights. In the absence of any compelling urgency and
   with other alternatives available, defendant's actions in transporting
   plaintiff, a pre-trial detainee, in a small, unsanitary dog cage was
   excessive in relation to the goal of preventing his escape, and an
   inference may be drawn that the officer's conduct amounted to
   punishment; district court did not err in denying officer's motion for
   summary judgment based on qualified immunity as the
   unconstitutionality of the conduct should have been obvious based on
   both common sense and prior general case law.