Mackey v. Gilliam

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 96-30098
Summary Calendar
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EVARISTUS MACKEY,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
MIKE GILLIAM, Warden, Et Al.,
Defendants,
MIKE GILLIAM, Warden,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana
(93-CV-1535)
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January 10, 1997
Before SMITH, DUHÉ, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Evaristus Mackey, Louisiana inmate # 317335, appeals from a
judgment for the defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights
action, in which he claimed that the defendants violated his due
process rights by failing to give him breaks from isolated
confinement and that the prison’s policy of removing bedding from
*
Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule
47.5.4.
his cell during nonsleeping hours violated the Eighth Amendment’s
prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. We AFFIRM the
judgment for essentially the reasons stated by the district court.
Mackey v. Gilliam, No. 93-CV-1535 (W.D. La. Nov. 9, 1994, and Jan.
18, 1996) (unpublished).
AFFIRMED
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