1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 714 F.2d
  5. 714 F.2d 1372 (1983)
 

JACKSON v. HOLLOWELL

No. 82-4138.

714 F.2d 1372 (1983)

Arthur JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.I. HOLLOWELL, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Gibbs, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., P. Roger Googe, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

James L. Robertson, Oxford, Miss., for New Hampshire Ins. Co., Granite Ins. Co., and USF&G.

Jerome C. Hafter, Greenville, Miss., Whitman B. Johnson, III, Jackson, Miss., for Western Sur. Co.

Robert E. Buck, Greenville, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, District Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

On February 6, 1973, Arthur Jackson, an eighteen-year old inmate in the Mississippi State Prison (Parchman),1 lost his left eye as a result of a ricochet bullet fired from a sawed-off shotgun by Lepoleon Reed, an armed trusty shooter.2 Jackson instituted this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 19833 alleging that various Parchman officials and employees...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases