Abstract

KIE: The U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, affirmed the dismissal without prejudice of an inmate's civil rights action seeking injunctive relief and damages for the failure of Arkansas prison authorities to protect inmates from exposure to the AIDS virus. The Court found no indication that the prison authorities were not acting in accord with proper practice as established by medical guidelines, and that the risk alleged by the inmate was based on unsubstantiated fears and ignorance.