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POWELL v. SHOPCO LAUREL CO.

No. 82-1023.

678 F.2d 504 (1982)

Clifton POWELL, Appellant, v. SHOPCO LAUREL COMPANY and Robert K. Skeen, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward Brockett, Laurel, Md., for appellant.

William J. Jackson, Baltimore, Md. (James E. Gray, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Clifton Powell seeks this Court's permission to pursue, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983,1 a claim against the private employer of a State-licensed security guard for the latter's tortious treatment of him; the employer's liability is predicated solely on the doctrine of respondeat superior. Because Powell's claim falls outside the scope of the statute, we affirm the District Court's judgment...

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