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DAVIS v. SMITH

No. 80-1409.

638 F.2d 66 (1981)

William Earl DAVIS, Appellant, v. Billy Stile SMITH, Deputy Sheriff; and Robert Mays, Sheriff, Lee County, Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daggett, Daggett & Van Dover by David W. Cahoon, Marianna, Ark., for appellees.

William Earl Davis, pro se.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.

LAY, Chief Judge.

William Earl Davis appeals from a judgment in his favor in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on the ground that the damage award was inadequate. Davis filed a pro se complaint alleging cruel and unusual punishment by virtue of his detention for sixteen days in a "punishment" cell of the county jail in Lee County, Arkansas.1 Davis requested $100,000.00 damages from defendant Billy Stile Smith, Chief Deputy Sheriff...

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