Sam Freeman v. A. L. Lockhart, Supt., Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction

Samuel T. Freeman, an inmate of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals from the dismissal of his complaint, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Superintendent and the prison physician, alleging that defendants had denied him ade quate medical care. The district court 1 addressed an inquiry to the prison and thereafter, upon being informed that Freeman would be receiving treatment in the infirmary, dismissed the complaint without prejudice. In a subsequent petition for rehearing, Freeman revised his contentions to assert permanent injury to his eyes. The…