Claude E. Woods v. Larry Smith

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1995-08-15

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POLITZ, Chief Judge: On appeal is the partial grant of summary judgment in the civil rights action by Claude E. Woods, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, against various corrections officials. Two officers appeal the denial of summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity; two officers appeal the court’s refusal to dismiss certain state law claims;…

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