Legal Opinion

Robert Davis v. Wayne Scott, Director v. Unidentified Dawson, Correction Officer III Unidentified Crowder, Correction Officer, III

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 22, 1998No. 97-41237PublishedCited by 219 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Robert Davis, a Texas prisoner, sued prison guards and their supervisors, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement in a crisis management cell at the Coffield Unit. After an evidentiary hearing, the magistrate judge dismissed with prejudice Davis’s pro se, in forma pauperis complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. We affirm the dismissal because Davis has failed to assert a claim cognizable under the Eighth Amendment.

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On May 14, 1996, defendant Officers Dawson and Crowder took Davis to a “crisis management cell” for “throwing liquid substances…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Hudson v. McMillianSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Norman R. Spears v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  5. Siglar v. HightowerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997

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3Cited by219 opinions

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