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113693P.pdf 02/27/2013 Victor Santiago v. Daniel Blair
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-3693
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Beam and Loken, Circuit Judges]
Civil Case - qualified immunity. On appeal from denial of qualified
immunity, claim of excessive force is remanded to district court for
determination whether circumstances support a reliable inference of an
unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain; denial of qualified immunity
on deliberate indifference claim is reversed; denial of qualified immunity
on First Amendment retaliation claim relating to death threats for filing
excessive force grievance and relating to placement in cell without personal
property, proper bedding, a working sink or working toilet are affirmed;
and retaliatory discipline claim fails as a matter of law because some evidence
supported disciplinary violation.