Green v. Cottrell

Appellant, a pro se inmate, brought suit against four corrections officers who worked at the jail in which he was confined, alleging their negligence enabled other inmates to attack him. His complaint included both state claims of negligence and federal claims of deprivation of rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In this appeal, he challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for leave to amend his second amended civil rights complaint and simultaneous dismissal of that complaint.

Appellant challenges three of the trial court’s findings in particular: (1) that appellant failed to exhaust…