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BOLDEN v. MANDEL

Civ. No. 73-866-H.

385 F.Supp. 761 (1974)

Odell BOLDEN, Plaintiff, v. Marvin MANDEL, Governor, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

December 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Coons, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. and James G. Klair, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md., for defendants.

ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, District Judge:

This suit brought by a state prisoner raises the narrow question whether a simple assault committed by a prison guard on an inmate is actionable under the Civil Rights Act. Presently confined in the Maryland House of Correction, Odell Bolden, petitioner, has filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages as a result of an incident which occurred at the institution on August 8, 1973. Named as defendants are the...

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