Legal Opinion
Orpiano v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1980No. Nos. 78-6537, 79-6821 and 79-6822PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed two actions. The first was a claim brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which he sought damages for alleged physical and mental injuries sustained by him on the morning of September 22, 1977, as a result of an alleged beating suffered by him at the hands of four guards at the maximum security treatment institution, where he was incarcerated. In addition to the four guards allegedly involved in the beating, the plaintiff joined as defendants the director of the Virginia Department of Corrections on the theory that he was…
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