Legal Opinion
Komyatti v. Bayh
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 20, 1996No. 95-3281PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In 1992, a number of prisoners incarcerated at the Maximum Control Complex (“MCC”) in Westville, Indiana filed a class action against state officials. Alleging a number of federal constitutional violations, the prisoners challenged their assignment to, and the conditions of confinement at, the MCC. The parties negotiated an agreed entry, which was ultimately approved by the district court. The agreed entry, a consent decree, included a provision which, by incorporating an Indiana statutory provision, accords prisoners charged with serious disciplinary offenses certain…
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