Legal Opinion
Eason v. Thaler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1996No. 95-10316PublishedCited by 503 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant Danny Ray Eason (Ea-son), an inmate confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division (TDCJ), brought this suit against five TDCJ officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 alleging violations of his civil rights. Eason appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants-appellees.
Facts and Procedural Background
Eason’s claims can be traced to a disturbance that occurred at TDCJ’s Preston E. Smith Unit (Smith Unit), where Eason was confined, on November 12, 1992. Sometime in the evening on that date, a potentially explosive…
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