Chapman v. Bacon et al

Filing 131

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge M. Hannah Lauck on 5/19/2017. Copy mailed to Pro Se Plaintiff. (jsmi, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Richmond Division

LOUIS ROY CHAPMAN,
Plaintiff,
V.

Civil Action No. 3:14CV641

G. BACON, et aL,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION

Louis Roy Chapman, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se and informa pauperis, filed

this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action.^ The matter is before the Court onthe Motion for Summary

Judgment (ECF No. 112) filed by Defendants G. Bacon, C. Townes, and Green.^ Chapman has
filed a Response, (ECF No. 121.) Defendants have filed a Reply. (ECF No. 122.) Chapman
has submitted a Surreply. (ECF No. 123.) Even though Chapman filed his Surreply without first

obtaining leave from the Court to do so,^ given his pro se status, the Court will consider

*The statute provides, inpertinent part:
Every person who, under color of any statute ... of any State ... subjects,
or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within
the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities
secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an
action at law....

42 U.S.C. § 1983.

G. Bacon is a Sergeant at Lawrenceville Correctional Center ("LVCC"). (Second Am.
Compl. 1, ECF No. 79.) C. Townes is the Unit Manager of 40 Building at LVCC. (Id) Green is
a Lieutenant at LVCC. (Id.)

^Rule 7(F)(1) ofthe Local Rules for the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia provides that after a party files a responsive brief to a motion, "the moving
party may file a reply brief within six (6) calendar days after the service of the opposing party's
response brief" E.D. Va. Loc. R. 7(F)(1). "No further briefs or written communications may be
filed without first obtaining leave of Court." Id.