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WALKER v. LOCKHART

No. 81-1700 (Civil Rights).

713 F.2d 1378 (1983)

James Dean WALKER, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Superintendent of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1983.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill W. Bristow, Seay & Bristow, Jonesboro, Ark., Oscar Fendler, Blytheville, Ark., Paul Halvonik, Halvonik & Halvonik, Berkeley, Cal., for appellant.

Thomas M. Carpenter, Lessenberry & Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark., for American Civil Liberties Union.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Denied October 4, 1983.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

James Dean Walker, an inmate in the Arkansas prison system, brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his continued confinement in the Arkansas prison systems amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendments. Walker petitions this court to enter an appropriate order for his protection and...

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