Fulford v. King

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

John Fulford and John Merit appeal from a magistrate’s dismissal of their pro se § 1983 suit challenging the conditions of their confinement at Angola State Prison.1 Finding that the conditions they complain of violate neither the eighth nor the fourteenth amendment, we affirm.

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Fulford and Merit are confined in the “extended lockdown” close cell restricted (CCR) unit at Angola. Usually, prisoners are confined in CCR because they present a security risk, pose a physical danger to other prisoners, or might themselves be in *13physical peril from other prisoners.2 CCR…