Ned S. Skinner, Captain, Etc. v. Raymond F. Spellman

This is an appeal from the verdict of the district court in a suit under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, entering judgment in the amount of $100.00 against defendant-appellant for violating plaintiff-appellee’s right to due process of law in a prison disciplinary proceeding. Appellant contends that the district court erred by 1) applying Land-man v. Royster, 333 F.Supp. 621 (E.D. Va.1971), retroactively to the facts of the case and 2) in holding that good faith reliance on standard operating procedure was not available as a defense.

The district court found the disciplinary proceeding…