James Dean Walker v. A.L. Lockhart, Superintendent of the Arkansas Department of Corrections

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

James Dean Walker, an inmate in the Arkansas prison system, brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his continued confinement in the Arkansas prison systems amounts to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendments. Walker petitions this court to enter an appropriate order for his protection and he suggests that this court order the Arkansas authorities to transfer him either to another state’s prison system or to the federal prison system. The district court granted interim relief pending disposition of this complaint,…