FRANKLIN v. LOCKHART

No. 89-2483.

890 F.2d 96 (1989)

Lee X. FRANKLIN, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee X. Franklin, pro se.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and McMILLIAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Lee X. Franklin, a state prisoner, appeals pro se from a final order entered in the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas dismissing his civil rights complaint as frivolous. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm in part and reverse in part and remand the case with directions.

In his pro se complaint Franklin alleged that his assignment to the prison hoe squad constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation...

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