Willard Barrett Wilson v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1989-08-02

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JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge: Wilson, an inmate in the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) since 1979, filed an in forma pauperis (IFP) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit alleging that his exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The district judg…

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