Lewis v. Winfree et al

Filing 40

MEMORANDUM OPINION. SEE OPINION for complete details. Signed by District Judge Henry E. Hudson on 11/8/2018. Copy mailed to Plaintiff.(ccol, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

L 1

Richmond Division

NOV - 8 2G18
WAYNE LEWIS,
CLERK, U.S.
RICHMOND. VA

Plaintiff,

Civil Action No. 3:17CV69-HEH

J.D. WINFREE,et al.
Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

(Granting Motion for Summary Judgment)

Wayne Lewis, a federal inmate proceeding pro se and informa pauperis, filed this
42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Lewis's claims flow from a conviction for an institutional
infraction when he was incarcerated in the Pamunkey Regional Jail. Lewis names the

following individuals as the defendants: Sergeant J.D. Winfree; Captain S.L. Cook; and
Superintendent James C. Willett("Defendants"). Lewis demands relief upon the
following grounds:

Claim 1

Defendant Winfree placed Lewis in a strip cell on October 26, 2015 for
allegedly breaking a sprinkler in his cell. (ECF No. 2, at 3.) In the strip
cell, Lewis was left "'naked', without a bed mattress, and no adequate

drinking water, including [Lewis] not [being] able to shower for

approximately 8-days." {Id. (citation omitted).)' Such actions violated
Lewis's rights under(a)the Eighth Amendment,{id.), and (b)the Due
Process Clause,{id. at 4).

Claim 2

Defendant Cook discriminated under the Equal Protection Clause against

Lewis when Cook gave Lewis a 60-day sanction for breaking the sprinkler,
but ultimately reduced Lewis's white cellmate's sanction to merely twenty
days. (ECF No. fat 4.)

'The Court corrects the capitalization, spelling, spacing, and punctuation in the quotations from
the parties' submissions.

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