DILWORTH v. ADAMS

No. 15-6910.

841 F.3d 246 (2016)

Michael Anthony DILWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Captain ADAMS; A R. Fales, Jr.; Lt. L. Robinson; Lt. R. Johnson; Officer Cookson; Officer Trott, Defendants-Appellees, and Ed McMahon, Sheriff; New Hanover County; Lt. Travis Robinson; Sgt. Whitmore; Officer Marino; Mr. White; Mr. Thomas, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: E. Brantley Webb , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Scott Christopher Hart , Sumrell, Sugg, Carmichael, Hicks & Hart, P.A., New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jason R. LaFond , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judges Wilkinson and Motz joined.


In 2013, Michael Anthony Dilworth was a pretrial detainee at North Carolina's New Hanover County Detention Facility. While awaiting trial, Dilworth spent a total of 85 days in disciplinary segregation as punishment for two disciplinary infractions, one arising from an altercation with another prisoner and one from an...

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