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WILLIAMS v. OZMINT

No. 11-6940.

716 F.3d 801 (2013)

Jerome A. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jon OZMINT, Director SCDC et al. Agency; Officer Johnson, contraband et al.; Warden Willie L. Eagleton, Warden; L.T. Graham, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kirsten Elena Small , Nexsen Pruet, Greenville, SC, for Appellant. Andrew Lindemann , Davidson & Lindemann, PA, Columbia, SC, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: G. Murrell Smith, Jr. , Steven B. Johnson , Lee, Erter, Wilson, Holler & Smith, LLC, Sumter, SC, for Appellees.

Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD concurred. Judge DAVIS wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.

OPINION

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:

These claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 raise the issue whether certain actions taken by South Carolina prison officials after an inmate's suspected receipt of contraband, including suspension of the inmate's visitation privileges for two years, violated his constitutional rights. We conclude that the prison warden who imposed the challenged actions is shielded by qualified immunity from the inmate's...

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