Davenport v. Howard

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a Virginia prisoner, seeks declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 from alleged deprivations of his constitutionally protected rights by the defendant penal authorities. Jurisdiction of the Court is attained pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2201 and 2202. The parties are presently before the Court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment, to which plaintiff has responded. Upon the material before it, the Court deems the motion ready for disposition.

Plaintiff alleges that on October 30, 1973, he was transferred from Field…