Legal Opinion
Kirk v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 3, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-0558-RPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARRINER, District Judge.
This is a federal Tort Claims Act filed by plaintiff seeking damages of $2,599.00 for the loss of a finger ring arid “sensitive legal documents” missing from his cell when prison guards negligently left his cell door open in his absence. Plaintiff is now incarcerated in Talladega, Alabama. The case is set for trial on 13 August.
Though plaintiff filed no motion for a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum the Court entered an order on 18 July directing plaintiff to show cause why such a writ should issue. The Court set forth the criteria for such a motion by…
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