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TANNER v. HARDY

No. 84-6192.

764 F.2d 1024 (1985)

James Dale TANNER, #144047, Appellant, v. J. Brown HARDY, Former Acting Director, Patuxent Institution; Arthur Kandel, Associate Director, Patuxent Institution; Forrest Calhoun, Jr., Associate Director, Patuxent Institution, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew D. Levy, Baltimore, Md. (Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Carmina Hughes (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Philip M. Andrews, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL, MURNAGHAN, and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

James Dale Tanner, the plaintiff, has reason to complain, but the central issue raised by his appeal from a grant of summary judgment to the defendants is whether those who have been selected as defendants can be held liable in damages.

Following arrest on June 16, 1968, Tanner was charged with rape and incarcerated pending trial. His trial before the Circuit Court for St. Mary's County, Maryland, resulted in a conviction for which...

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