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ELLIS v. BUTLER

Nos. 89-2064, 89-2110.

890 F.2d 1001 (1989)

Jerry ELLIS, Appellant, v. Jerry BUTLER, L.P.N. Maximum Security Unit, Appellee. Jerry ELLIS, Appellant, v. Dr. R. JONES, LPN B. Marks, Maximum Security Unit, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Ellis, pro se.

Alan Humphries, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Jerry Ellis, an Arkansas inmate, appeals pro se from the orders of the District Court sua sponte dismissing his two 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions claiming improper medical care, for failure to state a claim. We reverse both actions and remand for further proceedings.

Ellis's first complaint was filed on May 18, 1988, against Jerry Butler, a prison nurse. Ellis alleged that on April 16, 1988, a Saturday, he informed a guard that he needed to see...

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