Legal Opinion
Richardson v. McKnight
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 23, 1997No. 96-318PublishedCited by 424 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The issue before us is whether prison guards who are employees of a private prison management firm are entitled to a qualified immunity from suit by prisoners charging a violation of 42 U. S. C. § 1983. We hold that they are not.
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Ronnie Lee McKnight, a prisoner at Tennessee s South Central Correctional Center (SCCC), brought this federal constitutional tort action against two prison guards, Darryl Richardson and John Walker. He says the guards injured him by placing upon him extremely tight physical restraints, thereby unlawfully “subject[ing]” him “to the deprivation of” a right “secured…
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