Legal Opinion
Willie James Mitchum v. Thomas Purvis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1981No. 80-9077PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff Willie James Mitchum, a state prisoner serving a thirty-year sentence for second degree murder, filed this section 1983 action for various alleged constitutional violations arising out of his incarceration in the Mobile County Jail in Mobile, Alabama. Alleging arbitrary discipline as well as inadequate meals, laundry services and medical care, he sought both injunctive and monetary relief. Plaintiff was transferred to a state prison subsequent to the filing of this suit. He has been granted court-appointed counsel.
The United States Magistrate to whom this case had been referred sua…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Ball v. WoodsDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1975
- Robert L. Rudolph v. Judson C. Locke, Jr., Commissioner, Alabama Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
3Cited by15 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Genus D. Ulmer v. George Chancellor, Sheriff, and Jones County Board of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- John Russell Webster, Cross-Appellants v. The City of Houston, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Hardy W. Ryland and Alma Odessa Ryland v. Alfred B. Shapiro, Edwin O. Ware and Edward E. Roberts, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Andrew Lee Jackson v. Raymond K. Procunier, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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