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091843P.pdf 03/25/2010 Eric Williams v. Moses Jackson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 09-1843
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Wollman and Riley, Circuit
Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. In action alleging defendants willfully and
maliciously exposed plaintiff, then an Arkansas state prisoner, to
excessive ultraviolet radiation during his treatment for TB, the correction
officer defendants, who allegedly purposefully removed a protective
shield in retribution for a past incident, were not entitled to summary
judgment based on qualified immunity as malicious and retaliatory
exposure to a known harm without penological purpose would violate a
prisoner's established rights; as a result, the district court did not err in
denying the corrections officers' motion for summary judgment based on
qualified immunity; the claims against the defendant maintenance supervisor
alleged no more than negligence, and he was entitled to summary judgment.