STEWART v. LOVE

No. 81-5659.

696 F.2d 43 (1982)

Charles Buford STEWART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aileene LOVE, Warden, and Michael Dutton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Buford Stewart, pro se.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Tenn., Jerry Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before LIVELY, Circuit Judge, and PHILLIPS and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Charles Buford Stewart, an inmate of the DeBerry Correctional Institute in the Tennessee prison system, filed this pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the associate warden of the prison and others, seeking $60,000,000.00 in damages for alleged violation of his constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.

Chief District Judge L. Clure Morton granted Stewart's motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Thereafter, Judge...

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