JOHNSON v. DAVIS

No. 77-1603.

582 F.2d 1316 (1978)

Carl Don JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Jack F. DAVIS, Individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Department of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Robert Landon, Individually and in his official capacity as Director, Division of Adult Services of the Virginia Department of Corrections, E. Stacey, Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent, Field Unit # 13, E. Lyon, Individually and in his official capacity as Assistant Superintendent, Field Unit # 13, Malcolm Woodson, Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent, Field Unit # 4, J. Tucker, Individually and in his official capacity as an Officer, Field Unit # 4, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Wm. Warren, IV, Richmond, Va., for appellant.

Alan Katz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, and John W. MacIlroy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, LAY and HALL, Circuit Judges.


K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Carl Don Johnson, plaintiff and inmate of the Virginia Department of Corrections, appeals the dismissal by the district court of his action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against six defendants, individually and in their official capacities as members of that department, for violation of his civil rights arising out of alleged threats, humiliation and harassment suffered over a two-week period ending April 30, 1975. The district...

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