Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1991No. 90-2221PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
James Johnson, an inmate at the Cum-mins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals from the dismissal of his complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Willis Sargent, Warden of the Cummins Prison Unit and A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction. We reverse and remand.
This is Johnson’s second appeal in this case. In Johnson v. Clinton, 763 F.2d 326 (8th Cir.1985), we concluded that Johnson had alleged sufficient facts to state a claim under section 1983 against Warden Sargent and remanded that portion of his case. Johnson then amended…
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- Reed v. SlakanSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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