Legal Opinion
Shepherd v. Ault
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided November 12, 1997No. C96-0222-MWBPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BENNETT, District Judge.
Diurnal creatures though they be, humans crave periods of darkness just as surely as they crave periods of light. Certainly, two prisoners craved a respite from the continuous illumination of their disciplinary detention cells at an Iowa prison enough to file this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The prisoners allege that the constant lighting interfered with their ability to sleep to such an extent as to constitute cruel and unusual…
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