Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Cook
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1998No. 97-2324PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Bobby Franklin Simmons and Ricky Lee Marshall, two paraplegic inmates, bring this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Eighth Amendment. Simmons and Marshall sued Eddie Cook, Assistant Warden of the Arkansas Department of Correction’s Diagnostic Unit (the “DOC”), and Steven R. O’Neal, Lieutenant of the DOC,1 after Simmons and Marshall (1) were placed in solitary confinement for thirty-two hours; (2) were denied their “egg crate” mattresses;2 (3) missed four consecutive meals because their wheelchairs could not maneuver around the cell…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Choate v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Maxine Smith v. Charles Rowe, John Platt, Frank Deere, Charlotte Nesbitt, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Robert Jackson v. Savell EverettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Bobby Maxwell (Ahmid Latfee Jamal Ali) v. Thomas K. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Atkins v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
- Foster v. RunnelsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Stewart v. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- Simmons v. CookCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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