ROSS v. REED

No. 83-6137.

719 F.2d 689 (1983)

Daniel ROSS, Appellant, v. Amos REED, individually and in his official capacity as Sec. of N.C. Dept. of Correction; Ralph D. Edwards, individually and in his official capacity as Dir. of Prisons; Fletcher K. Sanders, individually and in his official capacity as Complex Administrator, Caledonia-Odom Complex; L.V. Stephenson, individually and in his official capacity as Supt. of Caledonia Corr. Inst.; L.E. Edwards, Superintendent, Halifax Corr. Inst.; Randall E. Lee, Chairman, Caledonia Disciplinary Comm., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Charns (Thomas F. Loflin, III, Loflin & Loflin, Durham, N.C., on brief) for appellant.

Jacob L. Safron, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, SPROUSE and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Daniel Ross, a former North Carolina prison inmate, appeals from an order of the district court directing a verdict in favor of six defendant-employees1 of the North Carolina Department of Corrections in Ross's action against them under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Ross alleged that during his incarceration his first amendment rights had been violated when he was disciplined under a prison regulation...

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