Joseph Morris, Etc. v. Anthony Travisono, John J. Moran

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns plaintiff-appellee John Carillo’s continued confinement in segregated status (“C" status) in the high security section of the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute (ACI). Plaintiff claims that his confinement violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 1972 consent decree of Morris v. Travisono 1 (the “Morris Rules”) governing the classification and privileges of inmates at the ACI, and an August 1980 court order directing reconsideration of his classification in accordance with those rules. 2 The district court,…