HANCOCK v. AVERY

No. 71-1203.

452 F.2d 1214 (1972)

Don Lee HANCOCK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Harry S. AVERY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Rudesill, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

C. Hayes Cooney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees ; David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and PECK and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from judgments dismissing actions for damages and other relief sought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary at Nashville. The District Court found that plaintiffs-appellants failed to prove any injury, loss, or damage as a consequence of their confinement in a "dry cell" which had been maintained as a disciplinary adjunct of defendants-appellees' maximum security facility.

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