MITCHUM v. PURVIS

No. 80-9077 Summary Calendar.

650 F.2d 647 (1981)

Willie James MITCHUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas PURVIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

July 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathy D. Jones, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Roderick P. Stout, Mobile, Ala., for Purvis.

John McCorvey, pro se.

Jack M. Curtis, Jean Williams Brown, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr. and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Willie James Mitchum, a state prisoner serving a thirty-year sentence for second degree murder, filed this section 1983 action for various alleged constitutional violations arising out of his incarceration in the Mobile County Jail in Mobile, Alabama. Alleging arbitrary discipline as well as inadequate meals, laundry services and medical care, he sought both injunctive and monetary relief. Plaintiff was transferred to a state prison subsequent...

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