Legal Opinion
LaFaut v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1987No. Nos. 86-7162, 87-7004 and 87-7005PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Associate Justice:
The primary question presented in this case is whether appellant, Randy Dean La-Faut, established that the treatment he received while incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina (“Butner”) was cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We must also consider the questions whether the district court lacked jurisdiction to order a declaratory judgment in favor of appellant for a violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. *390§ 791 et seq., and the propriety of its award of attorney’s fees to appellant’s…
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