Legal Opinion
Willie James Glover v. Alabama Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 1984No. 83-7122PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
In November of 1978 plaintiff, Willie James Glover, a prisoner in Alabama’s Draper Correctional Center was stabbed by a fellow inmate, Hardy Sims. The stabbing occurred the day after James Towns, a prison official, stated to a group of inmates that Glover’s life was worth only five or six packs of cigarettes. Glover brought a 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 action against the Alabama Board of Corrections and several other defendants including James Towns. At trial, the district court directed a verdict for all defendants except Towns. The jury returned a verdict of $1.00 in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by34 opinions
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