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SHAKKA v. SMITH

No. 94-7291.

71 F.3d 162 (1995)

Ansaari SHAKKA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sewall SMITH, Warden; T. Purnell, Chief of Security; Officer Bond, Co II; Officer Byrnes, Co II; Officer Hutchins, Co II; Officer Wells, Lieutenant, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Neal Lawrence Walters, Gilliam, Scott & Kroner, P.C., Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Amy Kushner Kline, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before RUSSELL, WILKINS, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkins wrote the opinion, in which Judge Russell and Judge Luttig joined.

OPINION

WILKINS, Circuit Judge:

The district court granted summary judgment against Ansaari Shakka in an action in which he alleged that prison officials subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. He asserted that the named prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs...

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