MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Jerry Hansen, an inmate at the Omaha Correctional Center (OCC) in Nebraska, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against John J. Dahm in his official capacity as warden of the OCC. Hansen, who has a hearing impairment, claimed that OCC's failure to provide a special telephone adapted for his disability constituted a violation of his right to equal protection because he did not have the same access to telephones as inmates who do not have...
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