Legal Opinion
Hearns v. Terhune
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 29, 2005No. 02-56302PublishedCited by 587 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr., is a Muslim inmate at Calipat-ria State Prison. In June 1999, Hearns filed a pro se complaint alleging violations of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, Hearns alleged that several Calipatria State Prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment when they failed to protect him from being attacked by fellow Muslim inmates. Hearns also claimed that he was subjected to inhumane conditions when he was later placed in protective confinement for nine months…
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