Legal Opinion
Roy E. Daniels v. Andrew Williams, Deputy
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1983No. 82-6538PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TURK, Chief Judge:
Roy E. Daniels (Daniels), an inmate at the Richmond City Jail, brought this section 1983 action against Deputy-Sheriff Andrew Williams (Williams) alleging that he was injured when he slipped and fell on a pillow negligently left on the stairs by Williams. The district court granted Williams’s motion for summary judgment, reasoning that under Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 101 S.Ct. 1908, 68 L.Ed.2d 420 (1981), Daniels’s allegations failed to state a procedural due process claim because Virginia provided a meaningful postdeprivation remedy in the form of a common law…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Frank Haygood v. Evelle J. Younger, and Harold Cranke and Benjamin SeymourCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Gilmere v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Francis Nolan Augustine v. John Doe, Deputy Sheriff, Lafayette ParishCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Thomas R. Rutherford v. City of BerkeleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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