BARKSDALE v. KING

No. 82-3667.

699 F.2d 744 (1983)

Woodrow BARKSDALE, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John T. KING, Secretary, Department of Corrections, Louisiana, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodrow Barksdale, II, Angola, La., pro se.

J. Marvin Montgomery, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, Woodrow Barksdale, II, is an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. He brought this civil rights suit, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against John T. King, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Corrections, and two medical specialists at the New General Hospital. We accept as true Barksdale's allegation that he suffers from sickle cell anemia. Miller v. Stanmore, 636 F.2d 986, 988 (5th Cir....

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