James Wright v. Lanson Newsome, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
James Wright appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
I. FACTS
Wright is an inmate at Georgia State Prison (“GSP”). Taking the facts alleged in the complaint as true, Sergeant Fred Brown ordered fellow GSP correctional officers Pedro Diaz and Eddie Mincey to search Wright’s cell on March 28, 1984. In the course of the search, Diaz and Mincey destroyed seven of Wright’s photographs and some legal papers. They also seized legal pleadings…
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