BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Courtney Wilkins, a Missouri prisoner, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343 against prison guards and others alleging that the guards beat and abused him in violation of his eighth amendment right as a prisoner to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Wilkins asserted several claims: assault (count 1); depriving him of clothing (count 2); denial of medical care (count 3); and denial of procedural...
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