Legal Opinion
Pennington v. Taylor
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 1, 2004No. 2:02-cv-00604PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
The plaintiff, a Virginia inmate, has submitted a pro se complaint, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to redress alleged violations of his constitutional rights. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant showed deliberate indifference to the risk of harm posed by his assignment to a top bunk in light of certain medical conditions. The defendant, C/O L. Taylor, a Correctional Officer at the Mecklenburg Correctional Center, has filed a motion for summary judgment, which is ripe for review. Based on the briefs submitted by the parties and for the reasons set…
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