Opinion ID: 70412
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Barton

Text: 9 Appellee Nick Barton was a housing sergeant at MCI in late 1990. Appellant alleges that when he complained about Collins' behavior to Barton, Barton did nothing to intervene and, instead, made unsympathetic comments. Barton, like Collins, relies on prison regulations requiring the strip search of all close management inmates who leave their cells and denies harboring any retaliatory motive towards Appellant. 10 As with the claims against Collins, Appellant's complaint states a claim against Barton under the First and Eighth Amendments. Nevertheless, Appellant produced nothing to allow his claims against Barton to go to trial. In upholding Collins' strip search of Appellant, Barton was complying with reasonable prison regulations. Moreover, no evidence suggested that any improper motive animated Barton's actions towards Appellant. The district court correctly granted summary judgment.