STREET v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA

No. 95-5392.

102 F.3d 810 (1996)

William STREET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Jimmy Turner, and Dexter Stephen, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Dinkins, Ronald W. McNutt, argued and briefed, Williams & Dinkins, Nashville, TN, Keith W. Veigas, Jr., briefed, Veigas & Cox, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James H. Drescher, argued and briefed, Stokes & Bartholomew, Nashville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH and SILER, Circuit Judges; ALDRICH, District Judge.


SILER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff William Street appeals the grant of summary judgment to the defendants, Corrections Corporation of America ("CCA"), Dexter Stephen, and Jimmy Turner, in this case brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of Eighth Amendment rights. For the reasons herein, we affirm the grant of summary judgment to CCA and Turner, reverse the district court's dismissal of claims against Dexter Stephen and remand for consideration of those claims...

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