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BARNES v. WYRICK

No. 83-1201.

719 F.2d 962 (1983)

Eugene Joseph BARNES, Jr., Appellant, v. Donald WYRICK, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Rosalynn Van Heest, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and J.R. GIBSON and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Eugene Joseph Barnes, Jr., an inmate in the Missouri State Penitentiary, brought this action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the prison's warden, associate warden, and chief security officer. Barnes alleged that conditions of his confinement constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendments. The district court entered judgment on a jury verdict in favor...

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