FULFORD v. KING

No. 82-3050 Summary Calendar.

692 F.2d 11 (1982)

John FULFORD and John Richard Merit, Petitioners-Appellants, v. John T. KING, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Corrections, and Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Fulford, pro se.

John Richard Merit, pro se.

J. Marvin Montgomery, La. Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

John Fulford and John Merit appeal from a magistrate's dismissal of their pro se § 1983 suit challenging the conditions of their confinement at Angola State Prison.1 Finding that the conditions they complain of violate neither the eighth nor the fourteenth amendment, we affirm.

I.

Fulford and Merit are confined in the "extended lockdown" close cell restricted (CCR) unit at Angola...

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