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FREEMAN v. LOCKHART

No. 76-2124.

561 F.2d 728 (1977)

Samuel T. FREEMAN, Appellant, v. A. L. LOCKHART, Superintendent of the Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, and Dr. G. W. Smiley, Prison Physician, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel T. Freeman, filed brief pro se.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., and Robert A. Newcomb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., filed brief for appellees.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Freeman, an inmate of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, filed this section 1983 action against A. L. Lockhart, Superintendent of Cummins, and Dr. Smiley,1 the physician at Cummins, for damages allegedly resulting from the negligent or bad faith failure to administer adequate medical treatment. Freeman claims that the inadequate treatment has resulted in the loss of 80% of his eyesight in...

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