Odom v. South Carolina Department of Corrections

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS joined. Judge LUTTIG wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:

Clinton W. Odom appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment based on qualified immunity in favor of correctional officers Perry Powell, David Evans, and Willy Taylor. Odom asserts that Powell, Evans, and Taylor were deliberately indifferent to his safety, in violation of the Eighth Amendment, when they ignored Odom’s requests for protection against an assault committed by fellow inmates at Evans…