U.S. Appeals Court: FURNISHINGS SAFETY.

• Position: Brief Article

Brown v. Bargery, 207 F.3d 863 (6th Cir. 2000). An inmate sought permission to proceed in forma pauperis in his [sections] 1983 action that alleged violation of his Eighth Amendment rights because his sleeping bunk was installed upside down causing him to slide off and land on the concrete floor, and that anchor bolts that fastened the bunk to the wall improperly protruded into the sleeping area posing a potential for injury. The district court denied the inmate's...