BROOKS v. CELESTE

Nos. 92-3370, 92-3897.

39 F.3d 125 (1994)

Calvin BROOKS, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Wesley Flynn, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard F. CELESTE; Richard P. Seiter; William Dallman; Dr. G. Martinez; and Wes Jones, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied January 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Little (Argued and Briefed), Legal Services Ass'n, Lima, OH, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Cordelia A. Glenn, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Argued and Briefed), Allen P. Adler, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Briefed), Office of the Atty. Gen. of Ohio, Columbus, OH, for defendants-appellees.

Before: MARTIN and RYAN, Circuit Judges; and EDGAR, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied January 17, 1995.

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action on behalf of all current and future inmates confined at the Lima Correctional Institute (LCI), an Ohio state prison. Plaintiffs accused the defendants of inflicting cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment by failing to provide the plaintiffs with adequate medical care. After a bench...

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