Alford Cunningham v. Russell Jones, Jailer Hershel King, Deputy Jailer Ed Luttell, Deputy Jailer

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1982-01-08

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PER CURIAM. Appellant Cunningham originally brought this § 1983 action in 1972 alleging that defendant jailers had violated his constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment by serving him only one meal a day for 15 consecutive days during the month of April 1967. The District Court had dismissed the action, holding that the facts alleged, if true, did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. This…

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