Legal Opinion
Gholson v. Murry
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided January 7, 1997No. Civil Action 2:95cv442PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND FINAL ORDER
REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Lonnie M. Gholson and Nathaniel Scott, both Virginia inmates, brought this pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to redress alleged violations of their constitutional rights. For the reasons stated below, the court grants defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment.
I. Factual and Procedural History
Mecklenburg Correctional Center (“Mecklenburg”) is one of three maximum security facilities housing male prisoners within the Virginia Department of Corrections. Maximum security housing units such as Mecklenburg equip…
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