WILLIAMS v. BENNETT

No. 81-7037.

689 F.2d 1370 (1982)

Bobby WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry BENNETT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Wiggins, Charles M. Quinn, Bryan & Appell, Birmingham, Ala., Kelso Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Medical Services Administration, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

James R. Seale, Montgomery, Ala., for all defendants-appellees except Cook.

Stephen Glassroth, Montgomery, Ala. (Court Appointed), for Cook.

Before HILL and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

On January 10, 1978 in the Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama, appellant Bobby Williams was assaulted by fellow inmate Larry Cook while Williams was sleeping in his dormitory bunk. Cook inflicted multiple stab wounds which rendered Williams a permanent quadriplegic. At the time of the incident, the dormitory housed medium security prisoners, and no prison guards were stationed either inside or outside the dormitory.

Williams filed...

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