Charles E. Whitfield v. Herb Dicker

Arkansas inmate Charles Edward Whitfield appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court 1 for the Eastern District of Arkansas, granting summary judgment to defendants — employees at the Pulaski County Detention Facility (PCDF) — in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Whitfield alleged that while he was a pretrial detainee at PCDF, defendants violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by placing him in segregation, where his telephone privileges were limited, prior to and after disciplinary hearings. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.