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JOHNSON v. WILLIAMS

Civ. A. No. 90-0416-AM.

768 F.Supp. 1161 (1991)

Jimmie Lee JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. David A. WILLIAMS, Warden, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

July 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmie Lee Johnson, pro se.

Mark R. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Public Safety and Economic Dev. Div., Richmond, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This case reflects that a prison "lockdown"1 undertaken for valid security reasons does not violate inmates' constitutional rights even though the inmates may thereby suffer hardships. This matter comes before the Court on defendants' motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff, Jimmie Lee Johnson, filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging numerous constitutional violations...

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