Legal Opinion
Bobby Williams v. Larry Bennett
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 29, 1982No. 81-7037PublishedCited by 358 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
On January 10, 1978 in the Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama, appellant Bobby Williams was assaulted by fellow inmate Larry Cook while Williams was sleeping in his dormitory bunk. Cook inflicted multiple stab wounds which rendered Williams a permanent quadriplegic. At the time of the incident, the dormitory housed medium security prisoners, and no prison guards were stationed either inside or outside the dormitory.
Williams filed a damage action in the district court under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983,1985, and 1986 and the eighth and fourteenth amendments against the Alabama…
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