Legal Opinion
Addones Spencer v. Anthony Haynes
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 17, 2014No. 13-3460PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Addones Spencer appeals the district court’s order dismissing his habeas corpus petition alleging a conditions-of-confinement claim against his former custodian, Anthony Haynes, the former Warden of the Federal Correctional Institution-Forrest City. Our precedent precludes conditions-of-confinement claims using the vehicle of a habeas petition. The district court applied our precedent and dismissed Spencer’s claim. However, the court dismissed the claim without prejudice. We hold that the district court should have liberally construed Spencer’s pro se habe-as petition and…
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