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Bradford v. Whitworth

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Sep 17, 2007
242 F. App'x 369 (8th Cir. 2007)

Opinion

No. 06-3095.

Submitted: September 7, 2007.

Filed: September 17, 2007.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

William Bradford, Farmington, MO, pro se.

Dana C. Ceresia, Attorney General's Office, for Appellee.

Before MURPHY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


[UNPUBLISHED]


William Bradford, a detainee at the Missouri Sexual Offender Treatment Center, appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Michelle Whitworth, a registered nurse. Having carefully reviewed the record, see Senty-Haugen v. Goodno, 462 F.3d 876, 885 (8th Cir. 2006), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 2048, 167 L.Ed.2d 780 (2007) (standard of review), we agree with the district court that Nurse Whitworth's decision to place restrictions on Bradford for refusing to obey certain rules was a professional decision entitled to deference, see Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. 307, 323-25, 102 S.Ct. 2452, 73 L.Ed.2d 28 (1982); and that Bradford was provided adequate procedural protections, see Senty-Haugen, 462 F.3d at 887-88 (due process requirements are flexible and specific to each situation; most important mechanisms for ensuring due process are notice of factual basis leading to deprivation and fair opportunity for rebuttal).

The Honorable Charles A. Shaw, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.


Summaries of

Bradford v. Whitworth

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Sep 17, 2007
242 F. App'x 369 (8th Cir. 2007)
Case details for

Bradford v. Whitworth

Case Details

Full title:William BRADFORD, Appellant, v. Michelle WHITWORTH, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Date published: Sep 17, 2007

Citations

242 F. App'x 369 (8th Cir. 2007)