Legal Opinion

Davis v. Pringle

District Court, N.D. Georgia

Decided June 30, 1986No. Civ. A. C84-914APublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

FORRESTER, District Judge.

Plaintiff commenced this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his federal constitutional rights and rights guaranteed by state law. In particular, the plaintiff charges that defendants are liable for injuries which he suffered when stabbed by a fellow inmate at the Metro Correctional Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. Plaintiff claims that the actions of the various defendants who served as prison officials rose to the level of “deliberate indifference to the rights of Plaintiff to be protected under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.”…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Davidson v. CannonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Payne v. Monroe CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1991

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