WHITE v. NIX

No. 92-3669.

7 F.3d 120 (1993)

Sherman WHITE, Appellant, v. Crispus NIX; John Emmett; Bobby Washington; Mike Cutler; Willits Birdsell, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey P. Lipman, Urbandale, IA, for appellant.

Suzie A. Berregaard Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, IA, for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Sherman White, an Iowa penitentiary inmate, appeals from the district court's judgment denying him relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 805 F.Supp. 721. We affirm.

White alleges, first, that various prison officials (defendants) violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by his placement and retention in a screened prison cell and, second, that his continued...

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