U.S. District Court: PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT.

Delph v. Trent 86 F.Supp.2d 572 (E.D.Va. 2000). A state inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against supervising officials at a correctional facility, alleging that they created or condoned official policies, procedures and customs that allowed him to be assaulted by another prisoner and denied medical care for injuries incurred during the assault. The district court held that the officials' conduct in connection with the assault was not deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment, even though an official was aware of hostility between the two inmates before...