Ronnie Smith v. Margarett Bingham

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Ronnie Smith, an inmate at the Rankin County Correctional Facility (RCCF), alleges that the prison authorities violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the fourteenth amendment, and 20 U.S.C. § 1681 by not allowing him to attend vocational training with the female inmates of RCCF. After a bench trial on the merits, the district court found that Smith failed to prove a claim of sex discrimination under the equal protection clause. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

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Appellant Ronnie Smith was a prisoner in the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parch-man. The…