Legal Opinion
Columbus Brown, A/K/A Lenwood Johnson v. Fred Crawford, Director of Dade County Jail
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 24, 1990No. 89-5927PublishedCited by 471 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
In this civil rights action, the pro se inmate alleges that he received contaminated drinking water and was forced to sleep on the floor. The district court granted the prison director’s summary judgment motion because it concluded that the inmate failed to establish a causal connection between the objectionable conditions and an act or omission by the prison director. Because the inmate has not shown a genuine issue of material fact under summary judgment standards following the prison director’s factual explanation, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section…
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