MARTIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which KEITH, J., joined. NELSON, J. (pp. 425-26), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Tennessee contracts with private corporations to operate its prison facilities. In their capacities as correctional officers, defendants Daryll Richardson and John Walker allegedly violated plaintiff Ronnie McKnight's Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and...
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