HENSON v. FALLS

No. 90-1016.

912 F.2d 977 (1990)

Billy Joe HENSON, Appellant, v. Sgt. T.S. FALLS; CO-I S. Kelley; CO-I L. Pace; J. Brown, RN, Infirmary, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Joe Henson, pro se.

Paul L. Cherry, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before MAGILL and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Billy Joe Henson appeals from the district court's order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We reverse and remand for a jury trial.

Henson, an inmate of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC), filed this section 1983 action against three prison officials and a private health care provider under contract with the ADC. In his complaint Henson asserted that on February 16, 1988, while he was in punitive isolation,...

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