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Retaliation Suit Requires Trial
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1994, page 7
Allan Dillon is a Virginia state prisoner who was raped by another prisoner. Lawrence Dury was the Virginia DOC (VDOC) internal affairs investigator assigned to investigate the rape. During a search of Dillon's cell pursuant to the investigation, Dury discovered papers indicating that Dillon was in the process of filing …
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Retaliation,
Retaliation for Litigating,
Cell Searches.
Location:
Virginia.
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