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JOHNSTON v. LUCAS

No. 85-4210.

786 F.2d 1254 (1986)

Chester Jordan JOHNSTON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eddie LUCAS, Aaron Jagers, Major Fred Childs, Barry McGrew, Robert Grayson, James Flowers, J.B. Williams, and Joe Conners, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Gibbs, Leonard C. Vincent, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin L. Pittman, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Jim Waide, West Point, Miss., Jacqueline C. Estes, Tupelo, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Eddie Lucas, Aaron Jagers, Fred Childs, Robert Grayson and Barry McGrew appeal the judgment finding them liable for damages, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to Chester J. Johnston, an inmate at Mississippi's Parchman State Penitentiary. Johnston sued for injuries he sustained in a beating on January 26, 1980 and a stabbing on December 28, 1981. Both incidents stemmed from animosity between Johnston and fellow inmate George Schwindling; they are...

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