Opinion ID: 623834
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Claim against Major Fox

Text: White testified that Major Fox knew that other prisoners were aware that White was an informant: 3 Case: 10-40843 Document: 00511770597 Page: 4 Date Filed: 02/28/2012 THE COURT: But you think it happened to you once you got to Darrington and this snitch jacket1 went with you? MR. WHITE: Yes, ma’am. In fact, I know it did because when I got there Barnes was -- [Warden Avairo] Vasquez [sic], senior warden Vasquez, he’s senior warden on the Darrington Unit, I carried the letter with me, the affidavit that you have that’s a exhibit in here. I think it’s Exhibit K, if I’m not mistaken. But at any rate, I carried it over there with me to show classification when I got there. They said don’t worry about it, Vasquez already knows about you and the craft shop work. Barnes was Vasquez’s personal craft shop worker when Vasquez was warden on the Michael[] [sic] Unit. And he said he already knew about it before I got there. THE COURT: That Vasquez already knew that you had snitched on Barnes? MR. WHITE: Yes, ma’am. THE COURT: So Vasquez, once you got to the Darrington Unit, then retaliated against you for snitching? MR. WHITE: Well, I’m not really saying he did. I mean, I’m just saying that it was already there. It was already known to administration I was supposed to be a snitch. In summary, White contended that he was assaulted by other prisoners at the Darrington Unit because of the informant or “snitch” label.