Legal Opinion
Robert Parker v. A. F. Cook, Individually and in His Capacity as Superintendent of Glades Correctional Institute
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1981No. 79-2259PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff, an inmate at Glades Correctional Institution in Florida [GCI], was suspected of complicity in a scheme to sell favors to other inmates. After informing him that he was under investigation, prison officials placed him in “administrative segregation.” He remained administratively segregated for approximately six weeks, at which time he was transferred to a hospital unit for treatment of a cold and body sores; he was .thereafter released to the general prison population. Plaintiff then filed this Section 1983 action seeking damages as well as…
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3Cited by45 opinions
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