Legal Opinion
Benter v. Peck
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided June 25, 1993No. 4:92-cv-20085PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
BREMER, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Dean Benter, an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP), brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Benter claims that Defendants were deliberately indifferent to a serious medical need when they withheld his prescription eyeglasses to compel him to pay for the glasses. Benter seeks damages and injunctive relief. Defendants deny that Plaintiff has been deprived of any of his constitutional rights, and they assert the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by16 opinions
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