Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/Thomas Bolding, Robert Fink, Samuel Bost, Raymond Creason, James Grant, Gerald R. Price, Perry W. Franklin, Norman Anthony, Wilburt Clemmons, Jimmy Covington, Erwin Zelms, Marjorie H. Marsh, Timothy P. Harding, William R. McCall Fred T. Malick, Glenn Ford, Jodie v. Austin, John H. Stacks, Charles L. Edmondson, Donald Perkins, Jim Vickers, Anne C. Willett, Gonzales Jones, Anne Sheppard Turner, Michael McSwiggen Sherman Jones, Strother Holder, James Sapp, and Dennis Cole, and All Others Similarly Situated v. James E. Holshouser, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of North Carolina, David L. Jones, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Social Rehabilitation and Control, Ralph D. Edwards, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Correction, Jack Scism, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina Parole Commission, the North Carolina Parole Commission, the North Carolina Commission of Correction, J. Richard Smith, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Craggy Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, E. C. Watkins, Individually, and in His Capacity as Superintendent of the Stanley County Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, L. C. Stephenson, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Caledonia Farms Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, and Sam Garrison, Individually, and in His Capacity as Warden of Central Prison, and Fred Briggs, Individually, and in His Capacity as Chairman of the Central Classification Committee of the Department of Correction
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No. 355515
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Thomas Bolding, Robert Fink, Samuel Bost, Raymond Creason, James Grant, Gerald R. Price, Perry W. Franklin, Norman Anthony, Wilburt Clemmons, Jimmy Covington, Erwin Zelms, Marjorie H. Marsh, Timothy P. Harding, William R. McCall Fred T. Malick, Glenn Ford, Jodie v. Austin, John H. Stacks, Charles L. Edmondson, Donald Perkins, Jim Vickers, Anne C. Willett, Gonzales Jones, Anne Sheppard Turner, Michael McSwiggen Sherman Jones, Strother Holder, James Sapp, and Dennis Cole, and All Others Similarly Situated v. James E. Holshouser, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of North Carolina, David L. Jones, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Social Rehabilitation and Control, Ralph D. Edwards, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Correction, Jack Scism, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina Parole Commission, the North Carolina Parole Commission, the North Carolina Commission of Correction, J. Richard Smith, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Craggy Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, E. C. Watkins, Individually, and in His Capacity as Superintendent of the Stanley County Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, L. C. Stephenson, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Caledonia Farms Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, and Sam Garrison, Individually, and in His Capacity as Warden of Central Prison, and Fred Briggs, Individually, and in His Capacity as Chairman of the Central Classification Committee of the Department of Correction
No. 355515 · Decided April 26, 1978
No. 355515·Fourth Circuit · 1978·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
April 26, 1978
Citation
No. 355515
Disposition
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Thomas Bolding, Robert Fink, Samuel Bost, Raymond Creason, James Grant, Gerald R. Price, Perry W. Franklin, Norman Anthony, Wilburt Clemmons, Jimmy Covington, Erwin Zelms, Marjorie H. Marsh, Timothy P. Harding, William R. McCall Fred T. Malick, Glenn Ford, Jodie v. Austin, John H. Stacks, Charles L. Edmondson, Donald Perkins, Jim Vickers, Anne C. Willett, Gonzales Jones, Anne Sheppard Turner, Michael McSwiggen Sherman Jones, Strother Holder, James Sapp, and Dennis Cole, and All Others Similarly Situated v. James E. Holshouser, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of North Carolina, David L. Jones, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Social Rehabilitation and Control, Ralph D. Edwards, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Correction, Jack Scism, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina Parole Commission, the North Carolina Parole Commission, the North Carolina Commission of Correction, J. Richard Smith, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Craggy Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, E. C. Watkins, Individually, and in His Capacity as Superintendent of the Stanley County Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, L. C. Stephenson, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Caledonia Farms Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, and Sam Garrison, Individually, and in His Capacity as Warden of Central Prison, and Fred Briggs, Individually, and in His Capacity as Chairman of the Central Classification Committee of the Department of Correction is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Thomas Bolding, Robert Fink, Samuel Bost, Raymond Creason, James Grant, Gerald R. Price, Perry W. Franklin, Norman Anthony, Wilburt Clemmons, Jimmy Covington, Erwin Zelms, Marjorie H. Marsh, Timothy P. Harding, William R. McCall Fred T. Malick, Glenn Ford, Jodie v. Austin, John H. Stacks, Charles L. Edmondson, Donald Perkins, Jim Vickers, Anne C. Willett, Gonzales Jones, Anne Sheppard Turner, Michael McSwiggen Sherman Jones, Strother Holder, James Sapp, and Dennis Cole, and All Others Similarly Situated v. James E. Holshouser, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of North Carolina, David L. Jones, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Social Rehabilitation and Control, Ralph D. Edwards, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Correction, Jack Scism, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina Parole Commission, the North Carolina Parole Commission, the North Carolina Commission of Correction, J. Richard Smith, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Craggy Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, E. C. Watkins, Individually, and in His Capacity as Superintendent of the Stanley County Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, L. C. Stephenson, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Caledonia Farms Subsidiary of the North Carolina Department of Correction, and Sam Garrison, Individually, and in His Capacity as Warden of Central Prison, and Fred Briggs, Individually, and in His Capacity as Chairman of the Central Classification Committee of the Department of Correction in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on April 26, 1978.
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