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Worsham v. Lanham, 95-7267 (1996)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Number: 95-7267 Visitors: 32
Filed: Jan. 31, 1996
Latest Update: Mar. 28, 2017
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 95-7267 JOHN LEE WORSHAM, Plaintiff - Appellant, and WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus RICHARD A. LANHAM, Defendant - Appellee, and WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretar
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 95-7267 JOHN LEE WORSHAM, Plaintiff - Appellant, and WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus RICHARD A. LANHAM, Defendant - Appellee, and WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Commissioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Com- missioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants. No. 95-7324 JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY, Plaintiff - Appellant, and JOHN LEE WORSHAM; WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus RICHARD A. LANHAM, Defendant - Appellee, and WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Commissioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Com- missioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants. 2 No. 95-7343 CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW, Plaintiff - Appellant, and JOHN LEE WORSHAM; WALLACE WARD; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus RICHARD A. LANHAM, Defendant - Appellee, and WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Commissioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Com- missioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants. 3 No. 95-7344 WALLACE WARD; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; CHARLES HATFIELD; JOHN LEE WORSHAM, Plaintiffs - Appellees, and CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs - Appellees, versus WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; RICHARD A. LANHAM; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Com- missioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Commissioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants - Appellants. 4 No. 95-7438 HERCULES WILLIAMS, Appellant, and JOHN LEE WORSHAM; WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; RICHARD A. LANHAM; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Com- missioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Commissioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants - Appellees. 5 No. 95-7439 JOSEPH COLVIN, Appellant, and JOHN LEE WORSHAM; WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; RICHARD A. LANHAM; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Com- missioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Commissioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants - Appellees. 6 No. 95-7440 MARVIN WILLIAMSON, Appellant, and JOHN LEE WORSHAM; WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; RICHARD A. LANHAM; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Com- missioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Commissioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants - Appellees. 7 No. 95-7441 FREDERICK JOHNSON, Appellant, and JOHN LEE WORSHAM; WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; RICHARD A. LANHAM; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Com- missioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Commissioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants - Appellees. 8 No. 95-7442 CLIFTON ANDERSON, Appellant, and JOHN LEE WORSHAM; WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; RICHARD A. LANHAM; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Com- missioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Commissioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants - Appellees. 9 No. 95-7599 CLIFTON MOORE, Appellant, and JOHN LEE WORSHAM; WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; RICHARD A. LANHAM; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Com- missioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Commissioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants - Appellees. 10 No. 95-7600 DAVID P. BROWN, Appellant, and JOHN LEE WORSHAM; WALLACE WARD; CLARENCE JULIUS CHEW; JEFFREY STEVEN KERSEY; JOSEPH B. SMITH; DONALD L. KNOX; CHARLES HATFIELD; DOROTHY STEVENSON; KAREN FRIED; LISTON NOBLE; ANTHONY EDWARD HENDERSON; CLIFFORD HINDS-BEY; JONNY BROWN; PERCY SMITH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, versus WILLIAM D. SCHAEFFER; BISHOP L. ROBINSON, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; RICHARD A. LANHAM; DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; MARVIN N. ROBBINS, Executive Director, IGO; MELANIE C. PEREIRA, Deputy Commissioner; MARY ANNE SAAR, Former Acting Secretary; PAUL DAVIS, Chairman; MARJORIE A. JENNINGS, Commissioner; FRANK PAPPAS, Com- missioner; PATRICIA K. CUSHWA, Commissioner; MACEO WILLIAMS, Commissioner; DAN ZACCAGNINI, Commissioner; MICHAEL C. BLOUNT, Commissioner, Defendants - Appellees. 11 Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Chief District Judge. (CA-93-1891-JFM, CA-93-1953-JFM, CA-93-2343-JFM, CA-93-4060-JFM, CA-93-2017-JFM, CA-93-2089-JFM, CA-93-2166-JFM, CA-93-3535-JFM, CA- 93-3633-JFM, CA-94-113-JFM, CA-94-862-JFM, CA-94-1260-JFM) Submitted: January 9, 1996 Decided: January 31, 1996 Before WILKINS and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. John Lee Worsham, Jeffrey Steven Kersey, Clarence Julius Chew, Hercules Williams, Joseph Colvin, Marvin Williamson, Frederick Johnson, Clifton Anderson, Milton Moore, David P. Brown, Appellants Pro Se. John Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, Stephanie Judith Lane-Weber, Assistant Attorney General, Carmen Mercedes Shepard, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). 12 PER CURIAM: Plaintiffs appeal from the district court's order granting in part, and denying in part, relief on their 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 (1988) complaint. Defendants have cross-appealed. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Worsham v. Lanham, Nos. CA-93-1891-JFM; CA-93-1953-JFM; CA- 93-2017-JFM; CA-93-2089-JFM; CA-93-2166-JFM; CA-93-2343-JFM; CA-93- 3535-JFM; CA-93-3633-JFM; CA-94-113-JFM; CA-94-862-JFM; CA-94-1260- JFM; CA-93-4060-JFM (L) (D. Md. Aug. 1, 1995, Aug. 3, 1995). We deny the Plaintiffs' motions to appoint counsel and file an amended complaint. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 13
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