Legal Opinion
Charles J. Slakan v. T.C. Porter, M.M. Walters, Amos Reed, Ralph Edwards, Sam Garrison, and J.B. Barefoot, J.G. Watson, D.R. Woodard, Jack Lemons
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1984No. 83-6542PublishedCited by 801 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
Charles J. Slakan, a North Carolina inmate, was injured when prison guards Michael Walters, Tracy Porter, and Johnny Barefoot used high-pressure water hoses, tear gas, and billy clubs to subdue him while he was confined in a one-man cell. He brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against the three guards and three high ranking prison supervisory officials, Warden Sam Garrison, Director of Prisons Ralph Edwards, and Secretary of Corrections Amos Reed, alleging (1) that the guards used excessive force against him in violation of the eighth amendment’s cruel and unusual…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by801 opinions
- Shaw v. StroudCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- George Jones, Cross-Appellant v. City of Chicago, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Miltier v. BeornCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Carter v. MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Baynard v. MaloneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
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