PREAST v. COX

No. 79-6415.

628 F.2d 292 (1980)

James E. PREAST, Jr., Stephen Waskiewicz, Willie W. Butler, Bobby D. A. Shedd, Laurence Turner, John A. Jackson, Ronald W. Greenfield, Plaintiffs, and Renaissance Committee, James E. Preast, Jr., Stephen Waskiewicz, Bobby D. A. Shedd, Appellants, v. J. D. COX, Superintendent, R. D. Landon, T. D. Hutto, Stacey, R. S. Sanfilippo, L. G. Watson, O. L. Hubbard, Individually and in their official capacities, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Murphy, Neighborhood Legal Aid Soc., Inc., Richmond, Va., for appellants.

James T. Moore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen. of Virginia and Guy W. Horsley, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Circuit Judge, HARRY PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit, sitting by designation, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

On this appeal Renaissance Committee, an informal group of prisoners at Powhatan Correctional Center at State Farm, Virginia, challenge the district court's entry of summary judgment upholding defendants' right to prohibit the group from engaging in joint activities. We agree with the district court and affirm.

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The Committee was formed for the purpose of bringing lawsuits to challenge the conditions at Powhatan. Under prison guidelines...

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