Legal Opinion
Inmates v. Sheriff Owens
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1977No. 76-2246PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, nine individuals incarcerated in the Portsmouth, Virginia, county jail, collectively filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 naming “Inmates, Petitioner” as plaintiffs and the sheriff as the sole defendant.1 They sought declaratory relief at the outset of the complaint and at the close of that document requested that the district court correct certain conditions at the jail. The five conditions challenged were: (1) an alleged abuse of visiting rights; (2) receipt of an improper diet; (3) alleged denial of access to a law…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by103 opinions
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