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PHELPS v. U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS

Nos. 94-1298, 94-2040, 94-2042.

62 F.3d 1020 (1995)

Coy R. PHELPS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES BUREAU OF PRISONS; R.H. Rison, Warden, MCFP, Appellees. Coy R. PHELPS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Janet Reno, Attorney General; Kathy Hawks, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons; R.H. Rison, Warden, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners; U.S. Marshals Service, San Francisco, CA, Appellees. Coy R. PHELPS, Appellant, v. R.H. RISON, Warden, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners; William Barr, U.S. Attorney General; Kathy Hawks, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Appellees. Coy R. PHELPS, Appellant, v. R.H. RISON, Warden, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners; Kathy Hawks, Bureau of Prisons Director; Dr. E. Galleanos, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners; Dr. R. Carter, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners; Gomez, Case Manager, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners; McCauley, Unit Manager, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners; G. Gardner, Corrections Captain, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Appellees. Coy R. PHELPS, Appellant, v. R.H. RISON, Warden, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri; S.D. Paciorck, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Graven, Federal Public Defender, Springfield, MO, argued, for appellant.

Aleen Castellani, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This consolidated appeal stems from five actions initiated by insanity acquittee Coy Ray Phelps against the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the Springfield, Missouri Federal Medical Center (FMC) Warden, R.H. Rison, the United States Attorney General, and other BOP and FMC personnel. The only substantive issue presented is whether the Springfield FMC is a "suitable facility" for Phelps within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §§...

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