Michael James GARVEY, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
C. Roland VAUGHN, III, Chief of Police City of Conyers, Georgia, Lew Comans, Sergeant, DeKalb County Police Department, DeKalb County, Georgia, City of Conyers Police Department, DeKalb County Police Department, DeKalb County, Georgia, Defendants-Appellees.
Raymond JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Bruce COOK, National Appeal Board, G. Mackenzie Rast, D.J. Southerland, Brian Ross, Executive Assistant, Billie Hodges, Unit Manager, Bruce Ballard, Counselor, Eva Porter, Case Manager, William Eiston, Lt., M. Hinton, Lt., Peggylene Moore, Correctional Officer, Lawson, Physician Assistant, Federal Correctional Institution, Talladega, AL, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 8, 1993.
April 8, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John R. Parker, Jr., Atlanta, GA, for plaintiff-appellant in No. 90-8400.
M. Scott Barksdale, Barksdale and Mobley, Atlanta, GA, for Vaughn and City of Conyers.
Albert Sidney Johnson, Office of DeKalb County Atty., Lisa Anne Foster, Decatur, GA, for Comans & DeKalb County Police Dept.
Edward D. Tumlin, Birmingham, AL, for plaintiff-appellant in No. 91-7205.
Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., James G. Gann, Winfield J. Sinclair, Asst. U.S. Attys., Birmingham, AL, for defendants-appellees in No. 91-7205.
Before BIRCH, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and THOMAS, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This consolidated appeal presents the first impression issues for this circuit of whether Houston v. Lack,487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988) should be extended to the filing of a pro se prisoner's initial complaint in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action and claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. The cases arise from a state inmate in Georgia and a federal...
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