HOWARD v. DUPONT

No. 78-1876. Summary Calendar.

602 F.2d 1191 (1979)

Clinton HOWARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Earl DUPONT and Johnny Bonton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton Howard, pro se.

J. Marvin Montgomery, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Clinton Howard, an inmate of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, filed a pro se complaint in the district court alleging that despite Howard's request for protection, appellees failed to protect him from another inmate, and that as a result Howard was attacked by the other inmate with a razor blade and severely injured, in violation of 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (1970). His complaint was dismissed pursuant to a procedure this Court reviewed...

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