Legal Opinion
Albers v. Whitley
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided August 31, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-517-PAPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PANNER, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action against individual corrections officers arising out of a disturbance in “A” Block of the Oregon State Penitentiary on June 27,1980. Plaintiff was injured by shotgun fire. He alleged that he was deprived of rights under the eighth and fourteenth amendments. Additionally, he appended state tort claims for assault and battery and negligence.
At the conclusion of a jury trial, I directed a verdict for the defendants. I ruled that there was not sufficient evidence presented from which a jury could conclude that plaintiff was deprived of…
2Cases cited68 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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