# Larry Junior Ward v. Gene M. Johnson, Warden, Sgt. Gardner, Chairman of Adjustment Committee

> Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · October 7, 1982 · 690 F.2d 1098

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9469811

## Case

- **Full name:** Larry Junior WARD, Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Warden, Sgt. Gardner, Chairman of Adjustment Committee, Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- **Decided:** October 7, 1982
- **Citations:** 690 F.2d 1098; 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 24970
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Murnaghan
- **Judges:** Winter, Butzner, Russell, Widener, Hall, Phillips, Murnaghan, Sprouse, Ervin, Chapman
- **Cited by:** 41 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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## Opinion text

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
What Judge Russell has written concerning qualified immunity compellingly leads to the conclusion that the judgment of the district court should be affirmed. As for absolute immunity, the point is a complex one not requiring decision and should be *1114 left for the day when maliciousness is truly present and the question therefore truly arises. I write only to record that I abstain from deciding, as premature, the absolute immunity issue.
Judge Phillips authorizes me to state that he joins in this concurring opinion.

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