Richie v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus wherein Charles Richie challenges his prison confinement in administrative segregation at the West Jefferson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama.

Richie alleges in his petition that on April 19, 1985, he was transferred from the St. Clair Correctional Facility to the West Jefferson Correctional Facility for "possible participation in a riot." He was placed in administrative segregation and no due process hearing was held either before or after his transfer. The record reflects that on May 3, 1985, the warden…