John Quincy Gillard v. Stephen H. Norris, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Corrections

Plaintiff, John Quincy Gillard, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his suit challenging the constitutionality of disciplinary proceedings imposed by his employer, the Tennessee Department of Corrections. The district court concluded that the reprimands and temporary suspension plaintiff received from his employer were not issued in violation of plaintiff’s right to procedural due process, that issuance of the reprimands and temporary suspension did not result in a violation of plaintiff’s right to equal protection of the law, that plaintiff had not been denied his right to petition the…