Legal Opinion
Enith Lester Taylor, Jr., and Larry Parnell Jerry Lee Beeson, Intervenor Ptfs. v. P.M. Rogers James Woodard Rae H. McNamara
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1986No. 85-6413PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Per curiam
Three inmates of North Carolina’s penal institutions appeal from the summary judgment entered for defendants in the inmate’s suits to redress claimed deprivations of due process of law, equal protection of the laws and the Eighth Amendment guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment arising from their being in protective custody. We affirm.
I
Plaintiffs are all prison inmates who have elected to be placed in protective custody because of actual or perceived danger to them from other inmates. Two are confined at Caswell prison and one at Southern Prison Unit. 1 They alleged and offered proof…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Richard F. Allgood v. Edward C. Morris, Warden of M.C.C. S v. Pruitt, Assistant Warden of M.C.C.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Wojtczak v. CuylerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
3Cited by77 opinions
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