Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 5, 1978No. 77-1603PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Carl Don Johnson, plaintiff and inmate of the Virginia Department of Corrections, appeals the dismissal by the district court of his action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against six defendants, individually and in their official capacities as members of that department, for violation of his civil rights arising out of alleged threats, humiliation and harassment suffered over a two-week period ending April 30, 1975. The district court held that, because the events giving rise to his causes of action occurred more than one year before he filed his complaint pro…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Runyon v. McCrarySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. PriceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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- Charles A. L. Almond v. John E. Kent, Sheriff of Augusta County, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Louis F. Arnold v. Duchesne County, Merv Taylor, Jerry Foote, and Clair PoulsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
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