CAMPBELL v. CAUTHRON

No. 78-1838.

623 F.2d 503 (1980)

Willie Earl CAMPBELL, Dale Christee, on behalf of all present and future inmates of the Sebastian County Detention Center, Appellants, v. William CAUTHRON and Harrel Nichols, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew T. Horan, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellants.

Ronald G. Fields, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellees; J. Lamar Porter, Deputy Pros. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., on brief.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Willie Campbell and Dale Christee, inmates at the Sebastian County jail, appeal from the dismissal of their class action challenge to numerous conditions of confinement at the jail. They contend that their constitutional rights are being abridged by (1) overcrowding and lack of exercise, (2) inadequate diet, (3) forced exposure to religious witnessing, (4) restricted visitation privileges, (5) denial of access to newspapers, (6) insufficient...

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