WOODS v. SMITH

No. 94-30040.

60 F.3d 1161 (1995)

Claude E. WOODS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Larry SMITH, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

André Charles Castaing, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Litigation Div., Baton Rouge, LA, for appellant.

Prof. Henry D. Gabriel, (Court-appointed), Loyola Law School, New Orleans, LA, for appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, HIGGINBOTHAM and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

On appeal is the partial grant of summary judgment in the civil rights action by Claude E. Woods, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, against various corrections officials. Two officers appeal the denial of summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity; two officers appeal the court's refusal to dismiss certain state law claims; Woods cross appeals the adverse summary judgment rulings. For the reasons assigned we affirm...

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