Legal Opinion
Dowdy v. Johnson
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 25, 1981No. Civ. A. No. 80-0664-RPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WARRINER, District Judge.
Donald Wayne Dowdy, an inmate confined at the Powhatan Correctional Center, brings this pro se complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970). The plaintiff alleges that certain Department of Corrections guidelines were violated when he was charged, tried, and convicted of the institutional offense of escape. The plaintiff’s allegations of rule violations primarily concern time limits which the Department has itself set for bringing disciplinary charges against prisoners and for disposing of those charges.
The plaintiff acknowledges that he escaped from…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. CaceresSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Kelly v. CooperDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1980
3Cited by4 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Williams v. Department of Military Affairs & Public Safety, Division of CorrectionsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2002
- Barry v. WhalenDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1992
- Gilbert v. West Georgia Medical Center AuthorityDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1985
- Raymer v. ParmenterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992