BALL v. BAKER

No. CIV.A. 98-T-804-N.

180 F.Supp.2d 1293 (2000)

Jim Henry BALL, Plaintiff, v. Phillip BAKER, Johnny Hill and Kerry Williams, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

August 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Henry Ball, Jr., Elmore, AL, Pro se.

Ellen Ruth Leonard, Legal Division, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants.

William H. Pryor, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Pro se.


OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

At the beginning of the jury trial in this case, the court was confronted with the issue of whether plaintiff, a pro se prisoner, should be shackled at the ankles throughout the trial. The court had to make a quick decision. Because no findings of fact and conclusions of law were entered, the court does that now.

As far as the court knows, while there are no Eleventh Circuit cases on the appropriateness...

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