GEORGE v. EVANS

No. 79-3899 Summary Calendar.

620 F.2d 495 (1980)

Willie GEORGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David EVANS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas McKee West, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Daryl A. Robinson, Robert S. Stubbs, Don A. Langham, John C. Walden, Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY, VANCE and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff-appellant, Willie George, sued various prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of his constitutional rights. He contends this deprivation occurred when prison guards beat him without provocation while he was an inmate at the Georgia Industrial Institute. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. George claims that the district court erred in refusing to submit an instruction to the jury that if they found that...

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