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· 8/25/1976

Niles Crowe v. William D. Leeke, Director of S. C. Department of Corrections, and Joe Martin, Warden, Central Correctional Institution

Citations

  • 540 F.2d 740
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 7415

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that confining three inmates to a small cell on a temporary basis, even if one had to sleep on the floor, did not constitute an Eighth Amendment violation
  • newly arrived prisoners sleeping on floor while facility under construction does not state claim

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Judges: Haynsworth, Field, Widener

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