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Federal Courts Must Rule on State Law Claims in Beating
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1995, page 6
Michael McLaurin is an Arkansas state prisoner. A prison guard accused McLaurin of stealing cigarettes from another prisoner despite assurances from both prisoners that McLaurin was only holding the cigarettes as a favor to the owner. The guard struck McLaurin on the side of the face which knocked him to ...
Filed under:
Eighth Amendment,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Civil Procedure,
State Law Claims,
Complaints.
Location:
Arkansas.
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