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DRONE v. HUTTO

No. 77-1143.

565 F.2d 543 (1977)

Carl Lee DRONE, Appellant, v. Terrell Don HUTTO, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction, and Lt. Jimmy Dougan, Correctional Officer, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barber, McCaskill, Amsler & Jones, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., and Robert A. Newcomb (former Asst. Atty. Gen.), Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges; and HARPER, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Carl Lee Drone, a prisoner at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction, brought a civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), against Lt. Jimmy Dougan, a corrections officer at the prison, and Terrell Don Hutto, Commissioner of the Department of Correction, seeking damages and injunctive relief because of injuries sustained at the hands of Lt. Dougan and other correctional officers at Cummins. The district court heard the prisoner...

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