BLATT, District Judge.
This elastic action, commenced over six (6) years ago under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has rebounded for a second time from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and it is again before this court for further proceedings. As in the late stages of a hotly contested athletic event, the party behind on the score board has changed strategy in an attempt to avoid almost certain defeat. A brief history of the convoluted course of this litigation will illuminate...
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