Legal Opinion
Watkins v. Mitchem
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 7, 2010No. 2090005PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Judge.
Lorenzo Watkins appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendants Warden Billy Mitchem; Captain Lloyd Wallace; Lieutenant Darwin Halbrooks; and the Alabama Department of Corrections (hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as “the defendants”). We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Procedural Background
On June 19, 2009, Watkins, who was an inmate in protective custody at the Limestone Correctional Facility at that time, filed a complaint in the Montgomery Circuit Court, alleging that the defendants’ acts and omissions had violated his constitutional rights. Watkins…
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