STEPHENS v. JOHNSON

Nos. 95-1169, 95-1285.

83 F.3d 198 (1996)

Joseph L. STEPHENS and Inmate Workers of Arkansas Correctional Industries; Stephen Caster; Jerrol L. White; Charles Helloms; Reginald O. Davis, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. Charlie JOHNSON, Supervisor, Arkansas Correctional Industries; Larry Norris, Acting Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; Ray Hobbs, Warden, Wrightsville Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Defendants, Jerry Campbell, Administrator, Arkansas Correctional Industries, Defendant/Appellant. Joseph L. STEPHENS and Inmate Workers of Arkansas Correctional Industries; Stephen Caster; Jerrol L. White, Plaintiffs/Appellants, Charles Helloms, Plaintiff, Reginald O. Davis, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Charlie JOHNSON, Supervisor, Arkansas Correctional Industries; Larry Norris, Acting Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; Ray Hobbs, Warden, Wrightsville Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Defendants, Jerry Campbell, Administrator, Arkansas Correctional Industries, Defendant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1996.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Raup, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued. Sarah M. Slade, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief, for appellant/cross-appellee Jerry Campbell.

Loral Ashton Adock, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellees/cross-appellants Joseph L. Stephens, et al.

Before FAGG, HEANEY, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Jerry Campbell appeals the district court's entry of judgment on a jury verdict finding him liable for violating inmates' Eighth Amendment rights based on working conditions at a prison warehouse. Because we find that the evidence is insufficient to establish a constitutional violation, we reverse.

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Jerry Campbell was Chief Administrator of the Arkansas Correctional Industry (ACI), a prison work program directed by the Arkansas...

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