Legal Opinion
Bobby Toombs v. Dr. Carl Bell Norvell Dixon, Nurse, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1986No. 85-2333PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Bobby Toombs, an inmate of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections (“Department”) appeals the district court’s dismissal, for lack of jurisdiction, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against Dr. Carl Bell and Nurse Norvell Dixon, employees of the Department. For the reasons below, we reverse and remand to the district court with instructions to let Toombs amend his pleadings and develop his claim.
I. BACKGROUND.
Toombs’ complaint alleged the following: (1) from August 24 through September 15 of 1984, he felt pain and swelling beneath his right rib cage; (2)…
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