PRESSLY v. HUTTO

No. 82-6181.

816 F.2d 977 (1987)

Francis Hunter PRESSLY, Appellant, v. Terrell Don HUTTO, Director; Thomas J. Towberman, Regional Administrator; N.D. Hall, Regional Ombudsman; W.J. Townley, Superintendent, Unit # 23; Ms. Tucker, Nurse, Unit # 23; Sgt. Smoot, Officer in Charge, Unit # 23; Sgt. Ford, Officer in Charge, Unit # 23; Sgt. R.R. Overby, Officer in Charge, Unit # 23; Officer Griffith; Officer Poole; Officer Nichols; Officer Cole, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Rutherglen, Supervising Atty., University of Virginia School of Law; Elizabeth Finn Johnson, Third-Year Student, University of Virginia School of Law, for appellant.

Nelson H.C. Fisher, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., of Va.; Mark R. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Francis Pressly, a convicted Virginia inmate at the time this action was filed, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against employees of the Department of Corrections. We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.

Although Pressly raised several claims, all of which were denied, he appeals only the denial of his claim against Sergeant R.R. Overby....

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