Legal Opinion
Jackson v. United States
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided October 5, 1998No. 97-2542 D/VPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT
DONALD, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Willie Jackson, formerly an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (“FCI”) in Memphis, filed this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2672, seeking damages for injuries suffered during a fire at FCI Memphis on October 20, 1995. The United States has filed a motion to dismiss or for summary judgment, and plaintiff has filed a motion to amend his complaint to add Eighth Amendment claims under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct.…
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