Cecil v. Bowman

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION JAMES LEE CECIL, JR. ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 7:20-cv-00349 ) JOHN BOWMAN and ) By: Elizabeth K. Dillon KEVIN JONES, ) United States District Judge ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION James Lee Cecil, Jr, a former inmate at the New River Valley Regional Jail (“NRVRJ”), filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendants placed him in segregated housing in retaliation for using his paralegal training to assist other inmates with their legal claims and then…