Stephens v. New River Valley Regional Jail

AT ROANOKE, VA FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SEP 12 2019 FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, ROANOKE DIVISION CHARLIE GRANT STEPHENS, ) CASE NO. 7:18CV00172 Plaintiff, ) v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION SGT. BYRD, ET AL., ) By: Hon. Glen E. Conrad ) Senior United States District Judge Defendants. ) The plaintiff, Charlie Grant Stephens, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Stephens alleges that after his transfer from one jail to another, a jail official discriminated against him because of his race by refusing to return his…