Richard F. Allgood v. Edward C. Morris, Warden of M.C.C. S v. Pruitt, Assistant Warden of M.C.C.

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Richard F. Allgood appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment for defendants and dismissing his action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Finding no error, we affirm.

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In June, 1981, Allgood was incarcerated at Mecklenburg Correctional Center (MCC), a maximum security prison, in Virginia. After his assignment to a cellblock, Allgood claimed that other prisoners made racial comments and threatened him with physical harm. He complains he was the only white prisoner housed among eleven black prisoners in his cellblock.1

On June 26, 1981, Allgood…