WOLFORD v. ANGELONE

Civil Action No. 98-0085-A.

38 F.Supp.2d 452 (1999)

Rita WOLFORD, Plaintiff, v. Ron ANGELONE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

January 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Debra Oglebay, Kobak & Oglebay, Pound, VA, for Plaintiff.

Guy Winston Horsley, Jr., Office of Atty. Gen., Richmond, for Defendants.


OPINION

JONES, District Judge.

The question here is whether a state prison guard who married a convicted felon, the father of her child, and thus forfeited her job for violating a regulation against fraternization with inmates of the state prison system, is entitled to relief in federal court. Finding that the anti-fraternization policy is a valid regulation of prison administration and consequently provides only an indirect restriction on marriage, I hold...

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