Legal Opinion
Reynolds v. Sheriff, City of Richmond
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 26, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-0458-RPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARRINER, District Judge.
On 28 July 1983 plaintiff filed his complaint seeking damages for a violation of his right to be secure from cruel and unusual punishment. Somewhat incongruously, the complaint alleges the negligent infliction of punishment as well as the malicious infliction of punishment. All three defendants have moved to dismiss and the briefing is complete.
Defendant Virginia Department of Corrections is alleged to be liable to plaintiff in paragraphs 26 through 29 of the complaint by virtue of its policy or practice of leaving convicted felons in the jail system. As a…
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- Alabama v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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