Booth v. Higgins

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION ADAM THOMAS BOOTH, ) CASE NO. 7:19-CV-00429 Plaintiff ) ) v. ) ) JOHN HIGGINS, et al., ) By: Hon. Michael F. Urbanski Defendants ) Chief United States District Judge MEMORANDUM OPINION Adam Thomas Booth, a Virginia inmate who is proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

on June 10, 2019. He is suing John Higgins, the superintendent of Rockbridge Regional Jail (RRJ), and Gary Hassler, the jail’s head nurse, alleging that they violated his civil rights by denying him…