RODRIGUEZ v. BURNSIDE

No. 20-11218.

38 F.4th 1324 (2022)

Hjalmar RODRIGUEZ, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward H. BURNSIDE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: June 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atteeyah Hollie , Ryan Primerano , Gerry Weber , Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA, Hjalmar Rodriguez, Jr. , Valdosta SP — Inmate Legal Mail, Valdosta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Roger A. Chalmers , Christopher Michael Carr , Jordan A. Weber , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee Edward H. Burnside.

Roger A. Chalmers , Angela Ellen Cusimano , Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, Warden, Eric Sellers, a.k.a. Cellars, Warden, Telfair State Prison, June Bishop, Deputy Warden, GDCP, William Powell, Deputy Warden of Security, GDCP, Gary Caldwell, Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment, GDCP, Rufus Logan, Unit Manager, GDCP, Fredrick Sutton, Kitchen Director, GDCP, Pauline Martin, Sharon Lewis, Medical Director, GDOC, Mary Gore, Nurse, GDCP, Linda Adair, Nurse, GDCP, David Butts, Medical Director, GDCP, Williams, GDOC, Karen Forts, Counselors, GDCP, Darrel Reid, Counselors, GDCP, Michael Cannon, Warden and or Superintendent of GDCP, Theresa Thornton, Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment, GDCP.

Before Jill Pryor, Grant, and Marcus, Circuit Judges.


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