Legal Opinion
Penn v. Oliver
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 26, 1972No. Civ. A. 564-72-RPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Thomas Lee Penn, the plaintiff, is an inmate at the Virginia State Farm and brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the constitutionality of the conditions of his imprisonment. Jurisdiction is attained by virtue of 28 U.S.C. § 1343. The defendant has moved for summary judgment, plaintiff has responded, and the matter is now ready for disposition.
The circumstances underlying this complaint concern a serious altercation between Penn and another inmate by the name of George Huff. It appears that on June 11, 1971, an attempt was made on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Holt v. SarverDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1970
3Cited by37 opinions
- Pugh v. LockeDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1976
- Gene Woodhous v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Ruiz v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Gary Martin and Michael L. Gleason v. Carl White, Superintendent, Steve Long, Dr. Lee Roy Black, and Lew KolliasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Redmond v. BaxleyDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1979
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