PHILLIPS v. GATHRIGHT

Civ. A. No. 79-0028.

468 F.Supp. 1211 (1979)

Eddie G. PHILLIPS v. J. S. GATHRIGHT et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Harrisonburg Division.

April 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie G. Phillips, petitioner, pro se.

Guy W. Horsley, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

DALTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Eddie G. Phillips brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants who are officials at the Staunton Correctional Center, where Phillips is imprisoned. He complains that defendants violated his constitutional civil rights by punishing him for keeping in his cell a 2½ foot-long stick. His theory is that because other prisoners in his unit have possession of more serious weapons...

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