Legal Opinion
Day v. Vaughn
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided October 22, 2014No. 6:14-cv-22PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*1379 ORDER
B. AVANT EDENFIELD, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Howard Joseph Day brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Kenneth Vaughn and James Springer (“Defendants”) for alleged violations of his Eight and Fourteenth Amendment rights. ECF No. 1. Defendants have moved to dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint arguing that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) bars Plaintiffs claims, that Plaintiffs Complaint fails to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and, alternatively, that they are entitled to qualified immunity. ECF No. 7-1 at 4,14, 21.
Because the Court agrees that the PLRA bars…
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