JENKINS v. WOODARD

No. 22-6197.

109 F.4th 242 (2024)

Kenneth Ray JENKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sheriff Calvin WOODARD, Defendants-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 22, 2024.

Amended: July 31, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey Pierce Lamberson, HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Emmett James Whelan, WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James R. Morgan, Jr., WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Reversed, vacated, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wynn and Judge Harris joined.


Appellant Kenneth Ray Jenkins was detained at Wilson County Detention Center while awaiting trial in 2018. According to Jenkins, while there, he faced unsanitary living conditions — including confinement in cells infested with feces — that caused him to contract a...

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