Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit April 16, 1986, 84-1026 (Bobby Battle v. Park Anderson, and United States of America, Plaintiff/appellee-Intervenor)

HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.

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This § 1983 class action was initially commenced by inmate Bobby Battle, pro se, challenging various conditions of confinement at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in 1972. The district court held that conditions in the Oklahoma prison system violated the Eighth Amendment proscription against cruel and unusual punishment.