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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