AL-AMIN v. SMITH

No. 10-11498.

637 F.3d 1192 (2011)

Jamil AL-AMIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Warden Hugh SMITH, Admin. Asst. Sanche M. Martin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Stephens Clay, IV , C. Allen Garrett, Jr. , Ronald Lee Raider , Aaron J. Ross , Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Mark H. Reeves , Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Augusta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Devon Orland , Atlanta, GA, Matthew Charles Allen , Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, PC, Atlanta, GA, Andrew M. Magruder , Wilkinson & Magruder, LLP, Jesse W. Owen , Magruder & Owen, LLP, Augusta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HULL and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and HOWARD, District Judge.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Jamil Al-Amin ("Al-Amin" or "Plaintiff") appeals the district court's1 grant of Appellees Hugh Smith and Sanche Martin's ("Defendants") motion in limine. The district court concluded that 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA") precluded Al-Amin from offering evidence of either compensatory or punitive damages in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Defendants...

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