Tort - FTCA – Prison Inmate – Multiple Attacks
By Deborah Elkins
August 28, 2008
A federal inmate who alleges he informed prison authorities that he had been attacked and was vulnerable to repeat attack by gang members has his claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act dismissed by a Roanoke U.S. District Court.
Brown v. U.S. (USDC-WD) (VLW 008-3-289) (7 pp.)
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