Williams v. United States

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.

This suit was instituted by plaintiff Willie B. Williams pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. Section 1346(b), for injuries received as a result of an assault by a fellow inmate, William Foster, on June 26, 1971. At the time of the assault plaintiff and Foster were inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Milan, Michigan. In the early morning hours of that date, approximately 5:00 a. m., plaintiff was assaulted by inmate Foster who doused plaintiff with a cup of gasoline and then ignited the…