Legal Opinion
Besser v. Dexter
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 1990No. 88CA7PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarsha, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Hocking County Court of Common Pleas dismissing a civil rights action filed by William P. Besser. We reverse.
Besser, an inmate at the Hocking Correctional Facility, (HCF), filed a federal civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against the superintendent and certain staff members of HCF, defendants-appellees. Besser alleged that as a result of a "conduct report," he was temporarily confined to the "Hole" where he was subjected to temperatures of seven degrees below zero in violation of the constitutional prohibition against cruel and…
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