Where plaintiff brought claims of false arrest, excessive force and denial of medical care against officers, the grant of sovereign immunity to the defendants was proper because the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that he failed ...

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Where an inmate argued that his health care providers violated the 8th Amendment when they stopped administering his multiple sclerosis medication, the judgment is affirmed because even if the inmate did not refuse the injections, the health care providers’ decision ...

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Barton v. Taber (MLW No. 69112/Case No. 14-3280 – 15 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

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