GROSS v. TAZEWELL COUNTY JAIL

Civ. A. Nos. 81-0123-A, 81-0140-A, 81-0142-A, 81-0125-A, 81-0168-A, 81-0261-A and 81-0280A.

533 F.Supp. 413 (1982)

Prentis Dwayne GROSS, Plaintiff, v. TAZEWELL COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. Thomas Kim ODOM, Plaintiff, v. SHERIFF, TAZEWELL COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. Alfred Calvin LAWSON, Plaintiff, v. George HORN, et al., Defendants. David A. WHEELER, Plaintiff, v. TAZEWELL COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. Alvin Eugene ROLAND, Plaintiff, v. TAZEWELL COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. Ressell Dean CLIFTON, Plaintiff, v. TAZEWELL COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. Scotty Randall LOWE, Plaintiff, v. William E. OSBORNE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prentice Dwayne Gross, Thomas Kim Odom, Alfred Calvin Lawson, David A. Wheeler, Alvin Eugene Roland, Ressell Dean Clifton and Scotty Randall Lowe, pro se.

Roger W. Mullins, Tazewell, Va., Richard F. Gorman, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., Corrections, Richmond, Va., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLEN M. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought these actions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the conditions of their confinement at the Tazewell County Jail. Jurisdiction of this court is established pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343. Inasmuch as all the plaintiffs stated similar factual allegations, these cases were consolidated for consideration and disposition. The cases were referred to United States Magistrate Glen...

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