Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Hurdle
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 26, 1975No. Civ. 73-494-BPublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BLAIR, District Judge.
Plaintiff, incarcerated at the Maryland Penitentiary, has brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), alleging that he was denied dental treatment while in segregation at the penitentiary. Plaintiff claims that denying routine dental treatment only to inmates in segregation, while granting such treatment to the general prison population, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. He also claims that the denial of dental treatment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and…
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3Cited by71 opinions
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