SMITH v. JOHNSON

No. 13-2491.

779 F.3d 867 (2015)

James Edward SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sammy D. JOHNSON, CO-I, Pine Bluff Unit, ADC; T. Dobbs, Varner Unit, ADC, Defendants-Appellees, Douglas E. Boultinghouse, Lt., Varner Unit, ADC; Justine M. Minor, Disciplinary Hearing Officer, Arkansas Department of Correction, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Arnold Waddell, Jr. , argued, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ka Tina R. Hodge , Assistant Attorney General, argued, Little Rock, AR, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BYE, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


James Edward Smith, an inmate of the Arkansas Department of Correction, filed suit against Sammy D. Johnson, a correctional officer, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a violation of Smith's Eighth Amendment rights. Smith asserts that Johnson and another officer acted with deliberate...

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