Emmanuel D. Patterson v. Thomas A. Coughlin, Iii, Charles P. Hernandez (Sic Charles P. Hermanderz), Harold J. Smith, N. Desantos

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment entered December 5, 1983 in the Western District of New York, Michael A. Telesea, District Judge, dismissing a pro se complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The appeal presents the question of whether a claim is stated under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) when the complaint alleges that a state prisoner was placed in isolation by state officials in violation of state law and without being afforded a prior hearing that conforms to the due process requirements enunciated in Wolff…