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JACKSON v. STATE OF MISS.

No. 79-3614.

644 F.2d 1142 (1981)

Arthur JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

May 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Phillips, Lawyers Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law, Frank R. Parker, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

P. Roger Googe, Jr., C. Bradshaw Farber, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for State of Miss. and Hollowell, et al.

Freeland & Gafford, James L. Robertson, Oxford, Miss., for Granite State Ins. Co. and New Hampshire Ins. Co.

Jimmie B. Reynolds, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Roy Campbell, III, Greenville, Miss., James L. Robertson, c/o Freeland & Gafford, Oxford, Miss., for U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co.

Before GOLDBERG, CHARLES CLARK, and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Arthur Jackson, an inmate of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman), filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deprivation of his constitutional rights when he was injured by a pellet from a shotgun fired by a fellow prisoner guard. Relying on pendent jurisdiction, Jackson also asserted parallel claims under state law. The outcome of this appeal is governed largely by two prior cases, Bogard v. Cook,

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