Legal Opinion
Pearly Wilson v. Richard Seiter
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1990No. 88-3194PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES HARVEY, Senior District Judge.
Appellants are inmates at Hocking Correctional Facility (HCF), a medium security prison located in Nelsonville, Ohio. On August 28, 1986, appellants filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, claiming violations of the cruel and unusual punishments clause of the eighth amendment of the United States Constitution. The claimed violations arose from allegedly unfit confinement conditions; specifically overcrowding, excessive noise, inadequate storage, inadequate heating and cooling, unclean lavatories, improper…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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