CLIFFORD v. GIBBS

No. 01-30378.

298 F.3d 328 (2002)

David Drew CLIFFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ron GIBBS, Etc., et al., Defendants, Jack Strain, in his official and private capacity; Greg Longino, Captain, Assistant Warden, Director of Inmate Affairs; Jeffrey Mayo, Deputy; Hilery Mayo, Deputy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane L. Johnson, Charles Don Williams, Tulane Law Clinic, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert Bradley Lewis, Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Bogalusa, LA, Charles Marion Hughes, Jr., Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Mandeville, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

I. BACKGROUND

In April 1998, David Drew Clifford, a federal prisoner, filed a § 1983 action against three federal marshals and against Saint Tammany Parish officials alleging, among other things, that the defendants failed to protect him from another prisoner, James Brown, during his pre-trial confinement at Saint Tammany Parish Jail in early 1998.1 Clifford sought declaratory relief and compensatory...

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