Brown v. Angelone

TURK, District Judge.

James Arthur Brown, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, brings this action under the CM Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, with jurisdiction vested under 28 U.S.C. § 1343. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges that the defendants, officials of the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC), violated his constitutional rights by bringing a false disciplinary charge against him in retaliation and by denying him due process protections at the disciplinary hearing. 1 He seeks monetary, declaratory and injunctive relief. Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss to which plaintiff…