Legal Opinion
Daniel Nix v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1978No. 76-1898PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COPENHAVER, District Judge:
In April 1974, appellant Nix was incarcerated at the South Carolina Central Correctional Institution of Columbia. Nix alleges he was gassed and beaten by several of the institution’s guards without provocation on his part. As a consequence of that incident, two letters written by four of Nix’s fellow inmates were received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), complaining of the ill treatment afforded Nix. Subsequently, FBI agents interviewed some thirty persons, consisting of inmates, prison guards and a prison supervisory official. A statement was also…
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