Legal Opinion
Portee v. Tollison
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided December 14, 1990No. 3:90-828-15BPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HAMILTON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Clarence E. Portee and Charles McCray, who are state prisoners housed in the Central Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that their civil rights were being denied by prison policy that does not adequately protect them from the risk of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) virus. 1 The complaint, filed April 16, 1990, seeks damages from the defendants as well as injunctive relief. Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the current prison…
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