Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Mizzel
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 20, 2010No. 09-30667PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Alex Jackson, a Louisiana state prisoner, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against his jailors. The district court— upon the magistrate judge’s 28 U.S.C. § 1915A recommendation — dismissed Jackson’s case for failure to state a claim. Jackson appeals, and we affirm.
*624I. BACKGROUND
Jackson and another inmate — James Hayes — got into a cellblock scuffle on the night of November 2, 2008. The guards broke it up by tackling Jackson off of Hayes. Jackson requested emergency medical care to treat some swelling, but the prison officials made him wait until morning to see a doctor. He also…
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