Legal Opinion
Madewell v. Roberts
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1990No. 89-1671PublishedCited by 757 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Winston Holloway and fifteen other inmates at the Maximum Security Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction requested class certification and sought damages and declaratory and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They alleged that defendant prison officials and members of the Board of Correction, named in their individual and official capacities, violated plaintiffs’ rights to due process and equal protection, and subjected them to cruel and unusual punishment and to retaliatory actions. Only Holloway appeals from the district court’s grant of summary…
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