Legal Opinion
Vance v. Bordenkircher
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided March 2, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-0320-E(H)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HADEN, District Judge.
Plaintiff brings this action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the Warden, Deputy Warden and several other correctional officers of the West Virginia Penitentiary to recover both compensatory and punitive damages 1 for an alleged deprivation of his civil rights. Defendants Bordenkircher, Childs, Hedricks and Lohr have filed an answer which contends, inter alia, that Plaintiff has failed to state a claim for which relief can be granted. The Court deems this portion of Defendants’ answer to be a motion to dismiss, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6),…
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