U.S. appeals court safety equipment. (Facilities).Brown v. Bargery, 207 F.3d 863 (6th Cir. 2000). An inmate brought an in forma pauperis [Latin, In the character or manner of a pauper.] A phrase that indicates the permission given by a court to an indigent to initiate a legal action without having to pay for court fees or costs due to his or her lack of financial resources. [section] 1983 action against prison officials alleging they violated his Eighth Amendment rights by improperly installing his sleeping bunk upside down. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the inmate, the improper installation o the bunk caused him to slide off and land on the concrete floor, and the anchor bolts that fastened the bunk to the wall improperly protruded into the sleeping area. The district court dismissed the action as frivolous. The appeals court reversed and remanded, finding that the inmate's claims could conceivably implicate im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. Eighth Amendment concerns. The inmate had initially filed a grievance with the prison's review committee, but the grievance was denied after prison officials claimed that the sleeping bunks had been installed in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications. (Hardeman County Hardeman County is the name of two counties in the United States:
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