Lomax v. McCaughtry

OPINION AND ORDER

CURRAN, District Judge.

Sylvester 0. Lomax and Roy Lee Jackson, two prisoners in state custody, commenced the above-captioned civil rights lawsuit against seven state employees in their individual capacities. See Plaintiffs Brief in Support of Amended Complaint at 1. The plaintiffs, who are proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorney fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They claim that the defendants violated their Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and equal…