Brooks v. Celeste

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1994-11-09

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RYAN, Circuit Judge. Plaintiffs filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action on behalf of all current and future inmates confined at the Lima Correctional Institute (LCI), an Ohio state prison. Plaintiffs accused the defendants of inflicting cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment by failing to provide the plaintiffs with adequate medical care. After a bench trial b…

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