Legal Opinion
Smith v. Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1996No. 95-1565, 95-2744PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
These two prisoners’ civil rights cases arise out of an incident where an Arkansas inmate stabbed two fellow inmates, Ernest Smith and John Stewart, murdering Stewart and seriously injuring Smith. Smith sought declaratory and injunctive relief based on the conditions of his confinement; Smith and Stewart’s estate both sought damages based on the stabbing incident. In this consolidated appeal, the Arkansas Department of Correction prison officials appeal the district court’s grant of declaratory and injunctive relief requiring additional staffing, the denial of their…
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