Legal Opinion
Trevis Caldwell v. Warden, FCI Talladega
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 2014No. 12-11818PublishedCited by 304 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
While incarcerated at FCI-Talladega in Alabama, plaintiff Trevis Caldwell was assaulted and stabbed by his cellmate, Jeremy Pinson. Caldwell brought a pro se Bivens 1 action against three federal prison officials — defendant William Elston, the Unit Manager at FCI-Talladega, and defendants Vernessa Williams and Wilbert Davis, 2 lieutenants at FCI-Talladega — for their alleged deliberate indifference to the substantial risk of serious harm that inmate Pinson posed to plaintiff Caldwell.
The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the three defendants. After…
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