FORD v. HOOKS

No. 21-7647.

108 F.4th 224 (2024)

Harris Emanuel FORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Erik A. HOOKS; Kenneth E. Lassiter; Katy Poole; Dean Locklear; Lieutenant Karen Henderson; Queen Gerald; Jerry Ingram; Sgt. Cameron E. Gaddy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 2, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Abigail Haglage, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Orlando Luis Rodriguez, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Erica Hashimoto, Director, Salvatore Mancina, Supervising Attorney, Yiyang Wang, Student Counsel, Appellate Litigation Program, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge Gregory and Judge Agee joined.


Harris Ford, an inmate in the North Carolina Department of Corrections prison system, commenced this action against six prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that, by failing to protect him from a fellow inmate who attacked him with a shank and severely injured him, the prison officials violated his Eighth...

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