Legal Opinion
Chavarria v. Stacks
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 20, 2004No. 03-40977PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:*
Texas prisoner Juan Chavarria appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit as frivolous and for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Chavarria appeals only the denial of his claim that the constant illumination of his cell deprives him of sleep, violating his rights under the Eighth Amendment.
Chavarria has been confined to administrative segregation (a section of the prison reserved for the most dangerous prisoners) in the Eastham Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional institutions Division…
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