He also brought an action against Coca-Cola alleging that a bottle of Coke he drank was filled with ground glass. Inmate, calling himself a sports fanatic, complains that, as a result of cruel and unusual punishment, he was forced to miss the NFL playoffs, especially between Miami and San Diego, San Diego and Pittsburgh, and Dallas and San Francisco. In a letter to the court,he claimed the hospital had put the blue ink and glass in his brain, had put his head in a sack with a rattlesnake which bit his face and cracked his skull, and that he was forced to have sexual contact with the snake. He claims his sandwich was soggy and his cookie was broken. Prisoner claims discrimination because he was not given a Department of Corrections raincoat like other inmates.
Prisoner sues to be served fresh rather than reconstituted milk.
Prisoner sues for right to conduct martial arts sparring and full- contact fighting as part of his religion. Prisoner who has filed more than 140 actions in state and federal court sues over finding gristle in his turkey leg. Prisoner who murdered five people sues after lightning knocks out the prison's TV satellite dish and he must watch network programs which he says contain violence, profanity and other objectionable material. Prisoner sues to be given Reeboks, Adidas, Pony or Avia brand hightops rather than inferior brand sneakers issued by prison. The judge found this claim surprising, because in other filings Franklin alleged he was crippled.