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FOX v. SULLIVAN

No. 77-1694 Summary Calendar.

558 F.2d 235 (1977)

Donald Lee FOX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L. B. SULLIVAN, Commissioner, Board of Corrections, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 24, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Lee Fox, pro se.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Jerry L. Weidler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Robert G. Kendall, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Mobile, Ala., for Blackburn.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

An Alabama prison guard opened a cell door to allow the occupant to place a radio outside for the enjoyment of other prisoners. The occupant thereupon stabbed Donald Lee Fox, a fellow convict, working outside the cell. Fox went to the hospital and was reported dead. Some of his personal property was distributed to other inmates. Fox lived, however, and brought this 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 suit against the Alabama...

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