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RICHARDSON v. SPURLOCK

No. 00-30810.

260 F.3d 495 (2001)

William C. RICHARDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James SPURLOCK; Unknown Honeycutt; Unknown McNeill; Unknown Shaw, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Richardson, Angola, LA, pro se.

Before EMILIO M. GARZA and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and HINOJOSA, District Judge.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

William C. Richardson ("Richardson"), a Louisiana prisoner, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against Sergeant James Spurlock and other prison officials. He alleges, among other things, that he was occasionally exposed to second-hand smoke in violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. We affirm.

Richardson is an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. On ...

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