Court Opinion

ID: 9466929
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:32:50.224179+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:40:02.855953
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JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
It appears that Pugh v. Locke, 406 F.Supp. 318 (M.D.Ala.1976), aff’d, 559 F.2d 283 (5th Cir. 1977), modified on other grounds per curiam, 438 U.S. 781, 98 S.Ct. 3057, 57 L.Ed.2d 1114 (1978), creates rights cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976). Cf. Maine v. Thiboutot,-U.S.-, 100 S.Ct. 2502, 65 L.Ed.2d 555 (1980). I nonetheless dissent from the panel because, according to Judge Johnson, appellee’s “irrational and violent behavior . . . proximately caused both physical altercations which resulted in personal injuries to him.” R. 71. There being a complete failure of proof that alleged violations of Pugh either actually or proximately resulted in appellee’s injuries, cf. Martinez v. California, 444 U.S. 277, 100 S.Ct. 553, 559, 62 L.Ed.2d 481 (1980), I would reverse the judgment.