Shew v. United States

WARLICK, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Richard Shew, has instituted this action against the United States of America for damages for personal injuries allegedly suffered and sustained by him while confined in the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, in which action he invokes the jurisdiction of this court under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b), and 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2671-2680.

Among other things plaintiff alleges his incarceration on account of a conviction and sentence resulting therefrom and sets out that while confined he was assigned to work in and…