Free Reply Brief - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
RICKY J. HAMBY, )
Plaintiff, g
v. g CA. No. 05-626-JJF
DR. KASTRE, et al., ;
Defendants. g
AFFIDAVIT OF GEORGE WRIGHT
I, George Wright, having been duly sworn by law, do hereby depose and
state as follows:
1. I am employed by the State of Delaware Department of Correction
("DOC") as a Correctional Officer at the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution
(“Howard Yo1mg"), Wilmington, Delaware. I have been employed by the DOC for over
seventeen (17) years and have been working in the 2Q pod of Howard Young for
approximately eleven (1 1) years.
2. I had no knowledge that Ricky Hamby filed the above-captioned
lawsuit. I did not learn that Inmate Hamby filed the lawsuit until some time after May
25, 2006, when I was informed by my captain. To my knowledge I have not been named
as a defendant in this lawsuit.
3. On May 25, 2006, between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 1:17 p.m. I
gave an order for the 2Q pod to lock in for clean-up after chow was over. The imnates
began locking in their cells so some inmates were inside their cell and some inmates were
outside their cell.
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4. After I gave the order to lock in I turned to the tierman on the pod
and told him to take the foodcart out of the door. I then heard a loud noise that sounded
like a "BOOM". When I tumed back around I saw Inmate Hamby and another inmate
fighting.
5. Upon seeing the fight I immediately called a Code 8 and gave a
direct order for all inmates to lock in. Shortly thereafter the Quick Response Team along
with several other officers arrived. Inmate Hamby and the other inmate were then
handcuffed and escorted to the Infirmary and the IE pod.
6. I later learned that the fight concemed Inmate Hamby’s
commissary and that someone may have been trying to steal his commissary.
7. I have never let inmates into a cell to beat other inmates. Further I
did not request or permit any inmate to beat Inmate Hamby.
I George Wright I
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED before me this day of
2 game, ,2006. _. ·‘·- _ ‘ ‘
Notary . _
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