Legal Opinion
Elizabeth Brown v. Virginia Wallace, Warden Ron Jordison, Project Manager
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1992No. 91-2329PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Per curiam
Elizabeth Brown appeals from the magistrate judge’s 1 order dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against the prison’s warden and director of health services. We affirm.
I
Brown is an inmate at the Women’s Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. She suffers from systemic lupus erythematosus, or lupus, an incurable disease of the body’s connective tissue. She was diagnosed with the disease eight years before her incarceration and experiences periods of both active symptoms and remission.
Early in her incarceration, Brown began having difficulties related to her disease, which can be…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Sean Thompson-El v. Jimmy Jones, Superintendent Dick Moore, Theresa ThornburgCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
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