Legal Opinion
Margaret Woods v. Robert Lecureux
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1997No. 95-2017PublishedCited by 229 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Daughtrey, J.,
WELLFORD, J. (pp. 1226-27), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Margaret Woods appeals from the district court’s order granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of both defendants in this § 1983 action brought on behalf of her deceased son, Larry M. Billups, who was murdered while incarcerated in the Michigan prison system. Woods contends that the defendants, Michigan prison officials, violated her son’s Eighth Amendment rights by failing to prevent his murder. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. BACKGROUND
Lar…
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