Legal Opinion
Jonathan L. Patton v. Corrections Officer Rowell
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 2, 2017No. 16-10492 Non-Argument CalendarUnpublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff Jonathan L. Patton is an inmate at Ware State Prison. Proceeding pro se, he alleges that carelessness on the part of Correctional Officers Rowell and Farns-worth allowed a fellow inmate, Tyler Gro-gan, to escape his cell and that Grogan stabbed Patton several times while Officers Rowell and Farnsworth allegedly ran away. Patton brought suit against the officers, their supervisor, and the warden of the prison, on a variety of theories of liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court dismissed his claims; this is his appeal.
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