SMITH v. ARKANSAS DEPT. OF CORRECTION

Nos. 95-1565, 95-2744.

103 F.3d 637 (1996)

Ernest SMITH; Jimmy Rudd, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction; Defendants, Larry Norris, Acting Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction; Willis H. Sargent, Warden of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction; A.J. Hall, Major, Chief of Security; R.R. Wood, Lieutenant, Shift Supervisor; J. Cleveland, Guard; John Hood, Officer; James Banks, Classification and Assignment Officer, Defendants-Appellants, Ron Smyers, Medical Services Administrator; John Does, I-X, Defendants, Dale Reed, Warden, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Defendant-Appellant. Linda C. SMITH, Administratrix of the Estate of John E. Stewart, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, Defendants, Larry Norris, Acting Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction; Willis H. Sargent, Warden of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction; A.J. Hall, Major, Chief of Security; R.R. Wood, Lieutenant, Shift Supervisor; J. Cleveland, Guard; John Hood, Officer, Defendants-Appellants, James Banks, Classification and Assignment Officer; Ron Smyers, Medical Services Administrator; John Does, I-X, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Eberhard Assistant Attorney General, argued, Little Rock, AR (Kyle R. Wilson, on the brief), for Appellants.

Paul Joseph James, argued, Little Rock, AR (Hugh E. Crisp, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before MAGILL, REAVLEY, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

These two prisoners' civil rights cases arise out of an incident where an Arkansas inmate stabbed two fellow inmates, Ernest Smith and John Stewart, murdering Stewart and seriously injuring Smith. Smith sought declaratory and injunctive relief based on the conditions of his confinement; Smith and Stewart's estate both sought damages based on the stabbing incident. In this consolidated appeal, the Arkansas Department of Correction prison officials...

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