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COX v. QUINN

No. 15-6943, No. 15-6944.

828 F.3d 227 (2016)

Dewayne Jackson COX, a/k/a Dwayne Cox, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Officer Bradley QUINN; Officer Joshua Pinkerman; Officer Benjamin Baxley, Defendants-Appellants, and Captain Chad Keller; Sergeant Willie Smith; Major Greg Winston; Lieutenant Shelton; Correctional Officer Myles, a/k/a Miles; Other Unknown Officers and/or Employees of the Western Virginia Regional Jail; Brandon Jamal Reddix; Justin Miles, Defendants. Dewayne Jackson Cox, a/k/a Dwayne Cox, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Justin Miles, Defendant-Appellant, and Officer Bradley Quinn; Officer Joshua Pinkerman; Officer Benjamin Baxley; Captain Chad Keller; Sergeant Willie Smith; Major Greg Winston; Lieutenant Shelton; Correctional Officer Myles, a/k/a Miles; Other Unknown Officers and/or Employees of the Western Virginia Regional Jail; Brandon Jamal Reddix, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 6, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jim H. Guynn, Jr. , Guynn & Waddell, P.C., Salem, Virginia; Christopher Carey Newton , Frith Anderson & Peake, P.C., Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellants. Melvin Edward Williams , Mel Williams PLC, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John C. Johnson , Frith Anderson & Peake, P.C., Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellant Justin Miles.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judge Duncan and Judge Wynn joined.

In 2011, appellee Dewayne Cox was severely beaten by a fellow inmate while incarcerated at the Western Virginia Regional Jail. Cox had repeatedly complained to jail officials — including the appellants, correctional officers Bradley Quinn, Joshua Pinkerman, Benjamin Baxley, and Justin Miles — that he was...

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