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KeOndra Chestang v. Varner Super Max

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 9, 2013No. 12-2189UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Arkansas Department of Correction inmate KeOndra Chestang appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action claim ing various constitutional violations by prison officials. We find no basis for reversing the dismissal, except as to the following claim. Chestang alleged that at the time he filed his complaint in August 2011, he had been confined in administrative segregation or in the prison’s behavior modification program (the program) for almost four years, without meaningful periodic reviews, and that this confinement was being continued in retaliation for a 2008 altercation with a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Giano v. SelskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
  4. Kelly v. BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  5. Orr v. LarkinsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010

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