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HOPKINS v. BRITTON

No. 83-7439.

742 F.2d 1308 (1984)

Jerry T. HOPKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert G. BRITTON, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Smith, Dothan, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas R. Allison, R. David Christy, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, District Judge.

ALLGOOD, District Judge:

On October 16, 1979, the appellant, Jerry T. Hopkins, was attacked and seriously injured during a prison riot at Fountain Correctional Center where he was incarcerated. Hopkins brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that prison officials failed to provide him with adequate protection from more violent inmates and then failed to come to his aid after he had been attacked. Hopkins also charged officials with failing to provide...

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