Legal Opinion
Davidson v. Cannon
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 21, 1986No. 84-6470PublishedCited by 1,789 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
Petitioner sued prison officials seeking damages under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 for injuries he suffered when they negligently failed to protect him from another inmate. On December 19, 1980, petitioner was threatened by one McMillian, a fellow inmate at the New Jersey State Prison at Leesburg. Petitioner sent a note reporting the incident that found its way to respondent Cannon, the Assistant Superintendent of the prison, who read the note and sent it on to respondent James, a Corrections Sergeant. † Cannon subsequently testified that he did not view the situation as urgent because on previous…
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