Joseph Emmett Magee v. G.W. Waters, Sheriff, Portsmouth City Jail

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1987-02-04

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WIDENER, Circuit Judge: This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint, which we consider as an order granting summary judgment, since a motion for summary judgment was made under FRCP 56 and affidavits were filed. The plaintiff, Joseph Magee, was confined in the Portsmouth city jail for a period of 29 days, from Ju…

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