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464 F.2d 1032

Docket No. 28868.*

Bowman v. Hale

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided July 28, 1972.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1972-07-28

Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently September 1974

5 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1972-07-28

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¶1John Bowman pro se.

¶2McDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

¶3Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

¶5PER CURIAM:

¶6John Bowman, an inmate of the Alabama prison system, filed a civil rights complaint seeking injunctive relief and money damages for asserted deprivations of Federal constitutional rights resulting from a variety of alleged abuses in the administration and operation of the Atmore Prison. Among other claims he contended that (i) the failure to provide him with proper medical attention constituted cruel and unusual punishment within the prohibition of the Eighth Amendment and (ii) the confiscation and destruction of his law books and legal documents by prison officials *1033established grounds for Federal relief. The District Court summarily dismissed the complaint, 302 F.Supp. 1306.

¶7We vacate the District Court’s order and remand for further proceedings consistent with our opinion in Williams v. Wainwright, 5 Cir., 1972, 460 F.2d 1080 and companion cases.1

¶8Vacated and remanded.

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