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SLAKAN v. PORTER

No. 83-6542.

737 F.2d 368 (1984)

Charles J. SLAKAN, Appellee, v. T.C. PORTER, M.M. Walters, Amos Reed, Ralph Edwards, Sam Garrison, Appellants. and J.B. Barefoot, J.G. Watson, D.R. Woodard, Jack Lemons, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucien Capone, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellants.

Charles T.L. Anderson, Apex, N.C. (Richard E. Giroux, North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, Inc., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before SPROUSE and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 13, 1984.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Charles J. Slakan, a North Carolina inmate, was injured when prison guards Michael Walters, Tracy Porter, and Johnny Barefoot used high-pressure water hoses, tear gas, and billy clubs to subdue him while he was confined in a one-man cell. He brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against the three guards and three high ranking prison supervisory officials, Warden Sam Garrison, Director...

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