ALSTON v. LOCKLEAR

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA MASTER MAURICE ALSTON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 1:19-CV-96 ) DOCTOR LOCKLEAR, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. The plaintiff, Master Alston, brought this § 1983 suit against two correctional officers and a physician at Scotland Correctional Institution. Mr. Alston maintains two inmates stabbed his eye with a makeshift knife, causing glaucoma that resulted in total vision loss in that eye. He asserts constitutional claims under the Eighth Amendment against…