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THOMPSON v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

No. 15-7680.

878 F.3d 89 (2017)

Paul Cleveland THOMPSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; Captain Dolan; Lt. R. Thompson; Grievance Coordinator Seay; Blackwell; Ware; Lewis; Baskerville; Jennings; White; Correctional Officer Cooper; Correctional Officer Diming; Virginia Department of Corrections, sued in their official and individual capacities, Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 18, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Emily S. Mordecai , Joshua K. Day , UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Trevor Stephen Cox , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Stephen L. Braga , Appellate Litigation Clinic, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Stuart A. Raphael , Solicitor General, Matthew R. McGuire , Assistant Solicitor General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wynn and Judge Diaz joined.

Paul Thompson, an inmate of the Virginia Department of Corrections ("VDOC"), brings claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of his rights under the First Amendment, Eighth Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment by several current and former VDOC officials. He also alleges violations of his rights under the Virginia...

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