ALLGOOD v. MORRIS

No. 82-6809.

724 F.2d 1098 (1984)

Richard F. ALLGOOD, Appellant, v. Edward C. MORRIS, Warden of M.C.C.; S.V. Pruitt, Assistant Warden of M.C.C., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Rosenfield, Charlottesville, Va. (Wyatt, Rosenfield & Green, Charlottesville, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Peter H. Rudy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before HALL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Richard F. Allgood appeals from the district court's order granting summary judgment for defendants and dismissing his action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Finding no error, we affirm.

I.

In June, 1981, Allgood was incarcerated at Mecklenburg Correctional Center (MCC), a maximum security prison, in Virginia. After his assignment to a cellblock, Allgood claimed that other prisoners made racial comments and threatened...

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