Edward Ashford v. USA

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiff-Appellant Edward Ashford brought suit against the United States and several Bureau of Prisons officials, contending that they negligently ignored his requests to be separated from fellow inmate Kelvin Smith, while the two were incarcerated together at the United States Penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas. Instead, officials placed Ashford in the general population upon his arrival at the prison, where he was attacked and severely injured by two inmates operating upon Smith’s instructions.

On appeal, we hold that Ashford’s cause of action against the government under the…