Legal Opinion

Carroll v. Brown

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided September 1, 1977No. 77-1044PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

This appeal covers the latest chapter in the outrageous abuse of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by the appellant Robert E. X. Carroll.1 Carroll, either alone or with other named plaintiffs, filed nine civil rights actions in the district court alleging a broad spectrum of constitutional deprivations.2 The district court granted the defendants’ motions for summary judgment and appeals were filed in each case. The three cases presently before us were consolidated on appeal by order of this court.3

In each of these cases the plaintiffs primarily challenge the conditions of confinement at the Randolph County…

2Cases cited1 opinion

Preiser v. NewkirkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

3Cited by4 opinions

Vaughn v. GarrisonDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1981
Walter Gordon v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner Joe Martin, Warden, Wayne Stephen Young v. George H. Collins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
Robert E. X. Carroll, and Ronnie Rankin, Henry Clifford Byrd, Bruce Ruchmond, Larry Levon X. Hugus, MacEo Carmon, Fred X. Crawford, Louis Pittman v. Mr. Brown, Supt., Asheboro Prison Unit Grievance Commissioner, N. C. Grievance Committee David L. Jones, Commissioner, N. C. Dept of Correction Ralph Edwards, Director of N. C. Dept. Of Correction C. W. Husband, Captain, Asheboro Prison Unit, Robert E. X. Carroll, and Ronnie Rankin, Louis Pittman, Hames Harris, Gregory Barrett v. David L. Jones, Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of North Carolina Department of Corrections, and C. W. Husband, Individually and in His Capacity as Captain of Asheboro North Carolina Prison, and Mr. Ray, Individually and in His Capacity as Lieutenant of Asheboro Prison, and H. B. Sheperd, Individually and in His Capacity as Area Administrator of Department of Correction, and Officer Neston, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sgt. Of Department of Correction, Robert E. X. Carroll v. David L. Jones, Secretary, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, and C. W. Husband, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Captain of Department of Correction, and Mr. Charles Stevenson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Officer of Department of Correction, and Mr. Simmons, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Officer of Department of Correction, and Mr. Brewer, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sgt. Of Department of Correction, and H. B. Shepherd, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Captain of Department of Correction, and Members of Region Disciplinary CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
Walter Gordon v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner Joe Martin, Warden, Wayne Stephen Young v. George H. Collins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978