BURLESON v. TEXAS DEPT. OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

No. 03-50650.

393 F.3d 577 (2004)

Raymond BURLESON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE; et al., Defendants, Nolan Glass, Plant Manager, Stainless Steel Plant, Boyd Unit, Texas Department of Criminal Justice — ID; Billy West; Joe White, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernardo S. Garza (argued), Callier & Garza, Houston, TX, Jamshyd Michael Zadeh, Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Celamaine Cunniff, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DeMOSS, STEWART and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Raymond Burleson ("Burleson"), an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against prison officials, alleging they violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment by exposing him to hazardous conditions while he was working as a welder in the Boyd Unit Stainless Steel Plant. Burleson appeals the magistrate judge's decision to grant the Defendants'...

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