Legal Opinion
Emmett v. Johnson
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 20, 2007No. 3:07CV227-HEHPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HENRY E. HUDSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Christopher Scott Emmett, a Virginia state inmate sentenced to death, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Complaint seeks equitable and injunctive relief for alleged violations, threatened violations, or anticipated violations of Plaintiffs right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment and Plaintiffs response…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Emmett v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Jackson v. JohnsonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2008