162184P.pdf   08/10/2017  Ronnie Jackson  v.  Jeff Gutzmer
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2184
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Murphy and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Prisoner case - Prisoner civil rights. In action alleging defendant 
   Gutzmer violated plaintiff's civil rights by ordering him placed on a 
   restraint board for three-and-one-half hours, Gutzmer is entitled to 
   qualified immunity on plaintiff's excessive force claim if the totality of 
   the circumstances justified use of the restraint board even if Gutzmer 
   erred in believing plaintiff was self-injurious when placed on the board; 
   the undisputed facts established that plaintiff was causing a disturbance 
   in his cell in order to bypass prison rules for obtaining medical 
   attention and that his behavior was seriously disrupting unit operations; 
   this conduct was a rule violation warranting discipline, and use of the 
   restraint board under the conditions present and with the safety 
   precautions undertaken did not establish an Eighth Amendment excessive 
   force violation; the district court erred in denying Gutzman's motion for 
   summary judgment based on qualified immunity.