FRANKLIN v. YOUNG

No. 14-2151.

790 F.3d 865 (2015)

Christopher FRANKLIN, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jeffrey YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant Charles L. Mosley; Jeremiah W. Nixon; George A. Lombardi; Tom Villmer; Tom L. King; James O. Reed; Allen Luebbers; Michael White; Dennis Mayberry; Larry Bayyon; John/Jane Doe One; John/Jane Doe Two; John/ Jane Doe Three; John/Jane Doe Four, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen Ruppe Krispin , Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, MO, argued ( Chris Koster , Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, Dana Walker Tucker, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

Felicia R. Williams , Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, argued, for appellee.

Before MURPHY and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges, and BROOKS, District Judge.


Christopher Franklin claims that Jeffrey Young, an assistant caseworker at the facility where Franklin was incarcerated, violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect him from sexual assault by another inmate. Specifically, Franklin alleges that Young was deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk that he would...

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