DAVIS v. SCOTT

No. 97-41237.

157 F.3d 1003 (1998)

Robert DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wayne SCOTT, Director, et al., Defendants, v. UNIDENTIFIED DAWSON, Correction Officer III; Unidentified Crowder, Correction Officer, III, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Davis, Huntsville, TX, pro se.

Jean Shieh Wong, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Robert Davis, a Texas prisoner, sued prison guards and their supervisors, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement in a crisis management cell at the Coffield Unit. After an evidentiary hearing, the magistrate judge dismissed with prejudice Davis's pro se, in forma pauperis complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. We affirm the dismissal because Davis has failed to assert a claim cognizable under the Eighth...

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