Legal Opinion
Charles Buford Stewart v. Aileene Love, Warden, and Michael Dutton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1982No. 81-5659PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Per curiam
Charles Buford Stewart, an inmate of the DeBerry Correctional Institute in the Tennessee prison system, filed this pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the associate warden of the prison and others, seeking $60,000,000.00 in damages for alleged violation of his constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.
Chief District Judge L. Clure Morton granted Stewart’s motion to proceed in for-ma pauperis. Thereafter, Judge Morton directed the federal public defender to take a videotaped “deposition” of Stewart, to supplement the facts averred in the complaint. A cassette…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Warren Curtis v. Angus Russell EveretteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Gene Woodhous v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Malcolm Little, Jr. v. Daniel WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- George O. Parker v. John J. McKeithen Governor of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Roberts v. City of TroyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Walker v. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Connie Lee McGhee v. Dale Foltz, Warden, State Prison of Southern Michigan, Individually and in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Gary Martin and Michael L. Gleason v. Carl White, Superintendent, Steve Long, Dr. Lee Roy Black, and Lew KolliasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Popham v. City of TalladegaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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