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MAKDESSI v. FIELDS

No. 13-7606.

789 F.3d 126 (2015)

Adib Eddie Ramez MAKDESSI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lt. FIELDS; Sgt. King; Capt. Gallihar; David Bellamy; Glen Boyd; Jane Doe; Thomas Hall, Defendants-Appellees, and Harold W. Clarke, Director of Virginia Corrections; Timothy Sumpter; Brandon Woodward; Clarence Shupe; Dennis Sluss, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 12, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stephen William Kiehl , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Trevor Stephen Cox , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Daniel Suleiman , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Mark R. Herring , Attorney General of Virginia, Cynthia E. Hudson , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Stuart A. Raphael , Solicitor General of Virginia, Linda L. Bryant , Deputy Attorney General, Richard C. Vorhis , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kate E. Dwyre , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge MOTZ joined. Judge MOTZ wrote a separate concurring opinion. Judge SHEDD wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

Plaintiff Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi lodged numerous complaints about repeated physical and sexual abuse he suffered while imprisoned in Virginia Department of Corrections facilities. The court below found it "clear" that prison officials "should have been more diligent in handling Makdessi...

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