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FALLS v. NESBITT

No. 91-3569EAPB.

966 F.2d 375 (1992)

T.S. FALLS, Sergeant Cummins Unit, ADC, Appellant, v. John NESBITT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa K. Rust, Little Rock, Ark., argued (John D. Harris, on the brief), for appellant.

Stephen E. Snider, Little Rock, Ark., argued, for appellee.

Before FAGG and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, Senior District Judge.

BOGUE, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case represents another chapter in the continuing saga of inmate violence in our nation's prisons. While an inmate at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Respondent John Nesbitt (Nesbitt) was stabbed by fellow inmate Kenny Hamm (Hamm). Nesbitt, a pro se complainant, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking money damages and injunctive relief. The magistrate judge

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