Legal Opinion
Benjamin Harrison Williams, Jr. v. Charlie Rhoden, Charles Tompkins, J. S. Padgett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1980No. 79-2884PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a Section 1983 suit for damages filed by Benjamin Harrison Williams, Jr., a prisoner in the Florida state prison system. 1
On a standard civil rights complaint form issued by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Williams alleged facts indicating that while detained in the Hamilton County, Florida, jail he was wrongfully shot and seriously wounded by the chief deputy jailer, and that subsequently 15 other persons — the county sheriff and a deputy sheriff, a state judge, two state…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Wilson v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Darrell Jackson v. Warden Burl CainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Winston Holloway v. Robert Gunnell, Warden, FciCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Daniel Johnson v. Joe Kegans and John HolmesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Ronald P. Richardson v. Les FlemingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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