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McDUFFIE v. ESTELLE

No. 90-2573.

935 F.2d 682 (1991)

Huey P. McDUFFIE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.J. ESTELLE, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian L. Young, Asst. Atty. Gen., Demetri Anastasiadis, Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Gregg C. Laswell, Andrews & Kurth, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, JOHNSON, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Huey McDuffie, an inmate at the Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) in June 1976, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and related statutes for a beating he alleges that he suffered at the hands of fellow inmates acting under the tacit authority of the TDC, and for subsequent disciplinary actions including punishment of solitary confinement. Based upon these events, he asserts that his Eighth Amendment right...

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