Legal Opinion
Lee v. Downs
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 3, 1979No. Civ. A. 78-0522-RPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CLARKE, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging a deprivation of her constitutional rights for incidents which occurred while she was confined as an inmate at the Goochland Correctional Center for Women.
This matter came to trial before the Court with a jury. Although there was little dispute as to the facts underlying plaintiff’s claims, taking the evidence in a light most favorable to the plaintiff reveals the following events occurred. After plaintiff was assigned to work in the institution kitchen, fellow inmates threatened to set fire…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Russell B. Vinnedge v. G. W. Gibbs, Superintendent of Jails, Department of Corrections for the State of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- George B. Street v. Officer Leo Surdyka, Baltimore City Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Gene Woodhous v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Lee v. DownsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Paulo Arruda v. Michael v. Fair, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Dawson v. KendrickDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1981
- Himmelbrand v. HarrisonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1980
- ESTATE OF SCOTT BY SCOTT v. DeLeonDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1985
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