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TURNER v. EPPS

Cause No. 3:12-CV-00064-CWR-LRA.

842 F.Supp.2d 1023 (2012)

Edwin Hart TURNER, Plaintiff v. Christopher EPPS, Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections in his Official Capacity, and Emmitt L. Sparkman, Superintendent of The Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi, in his Official Capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

February 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Craig, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff.

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

CARLTON W. REEVES, United Judge.

For purposes of the motion for injunctive relief presently before the Court, the principal question at hand is whether the constitutional guarantee of due process requires a prisoner's jailers to permit him to present himself for a psychiatric evaluation in preparation for possible litigation. Holding that it does, and finding that the plaintiff has satisfied the standards governing the...

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