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ARMSTEAD v. STATE OF LA. THRU LA. DEPT. OF CORR.

No. 81-3769.

714 F.2d 360 (1983)

Edward J. ARMSTEAD, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA Thru the LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Professor George M. Strickler, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

J. Marvin Montgomery, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before GEE, REAVLEY, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Armstead, a prisoner in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, sued Sergeant Barnett, his correctional officer in the prison, and the State of Louisiana alleging that Barnett acting with Cennette, another prisoner, "deliberately framed" him by placing a knife in Armstead's laundry bag ultimately causing his confinement in an isolation cell at a disciplinary unit. Armstead's claim, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, is that Barnett was retaliating for Armstead...

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