Legal Opinion
Slade v. Hampton Roads Regional Jail
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 20, 2004No. 2:04cv55PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND DISMISSAL ORDER
REBECCA BEACH SMITH, Distinct Judge.
Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee, brings this pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to redress alleged violations of his constitutional rights. Specifically, plaintiff claims that he is being denied equal protection of the law and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment based on the fact that Hampton Roads Regional Jail has implemented the “Prisoner’s Keep” provision of Virginia Code § 53.1-131.3. This statute, which went into effect on July 1, 2003, allows all local and regional jails to charge inmates a daily fee, at a…
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