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GOAR v. CIVILETTI

No. 80-5333.

688 F.2d 27 (1982)

Robert Benton GOAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Benjamin CIVILETTI, Attorney General of United States of America; Norman Carlson, Director, Bureau of Prisons; Mr. McCune, Reg. Director, Bureau of Prisons; Robert Christensen, Warden, FCI, Ashland; Charles Crandall, Superintendent FCI, Ashland; Mr. E. Goss, Unit Manager, FCI, Ashland; Mr. D. Darworth, Unit Manager, FCI, Ashland; Mr. C. McCloud, Unit Counselor; Mr. R. Alvis, Unit Counselor; and Mr. Berry, Correctional Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Benton Goar, pro se.

David E. Melcher (court-appointed), Douglas Miller (argued), Cynthiana, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

Patrick H. Molloy, U. S. Atty., James A. Zerhusen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., F. Stine (argued), Newport, Ky., for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRITT and CONTIE, Circuit Judges, and NEESE, District Judge.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

For purposes of this appeal, we accept as true the following allegations: Robert Goar, an informant, was a federal prisoner at the Ashland, Kentucky, prison in early 1980. The sentencing judge cautioned that Goar should not be sent to Tallahassee, where the principal defendant against whom Goar had testified was imprisoned. After discovering that two inmates at Ashland knew he was an informant, Goar accepted a transfer to Atlanta. The principal...

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