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THOMPSON v. CAPPS

No. 78-2765.

626 F.2d 389 (1980)

Otho THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter T. CAPPS, Warden et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Greenhaw, Susan Beth Farmer, Milton E. Belcher, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Delores R. Boyd, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SIMPSON, HILL and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 3, 1980.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge.

Administrative officials and correctional officers at Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery, Alabama, appeal from a district court order requiring the Warden at Kilby to establish procedures for the identification and appropriate confinement of mentally disturbed prisoners. The action stems from a physical confrontation between inmate Otho Thompson and several correctional...

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