Choate v. Lockhart

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1993-10-26

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MAGILL, Circuit Judge. Freddy Wayne Choate (Choate), an inmate at the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC), brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that several ADC employees violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by making him work on a dangerous roofing job. The district court found the defendant prison officials liable and awa…

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