AMAR v. WHITLEY

No. 96-30123.

100 F.3d 22 (1996)

Jacob AMAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John P. WHITLEY; David Ross; Joseph R. Hooker; Unknown Slayter, Sergeant, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Amar, Angola, LA, pro se.

André Charles Castaing, Office of Attorney General of Louisiana, Litigation Division, Baton Rouge, LA, for defendants-appellants.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal arising from a final judgment in a prisoner civil rights suit brought by Jacob Amar under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After a jury found in favor of the defendants, the magistrate judge awarded costs against Amar. Defendants, John P. Whitley, the warden of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Lieutenant David Ross, Sergeants Joseph R. Hooker and Richard Slayter, Corrections Officers at the prison, moved for...

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