Legal Opinion
Robert Lee Hall v. Junior Sharpe, Lanson Newsom, Joe Martin and Charles R. Balkcom
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 16, 1987No. 84-8925PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Robert L. Hall appeals from a judgment against him in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He had additionally attempted to assert pendent state claims.
At the time of the events complained of, Hall was an inmate at the Montgomery County Correctional Institution in Georgia. On August 14, 1978, he was assigned to a work detail to clear away road-side vegetation using bush axes. Defendant Officer Junior Sharpe was assigned to supervise the ten inmates on the detail. While the vegetation was being cleared, Hall’s hand was severely injured when…
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