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JOHNSON v. CLINTON

No. 84-2344.

763 F.2d 326 (1985)

James JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Bill CLINTON, Governor; Steve Clark, Attorney General; A.L. Lockhart, Director of Arkansas Department of Correction; and Willis Sargent, Warden, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory T. Jones, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Patty Cherry, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and ARNOLD and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) by James Johnson, an inmate of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction. Johnson appeals the District Court's1 dismissal of his claims that defendants are violating his constitutional rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Eighth Amendment. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

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