Legal Opinion
Robert Wilkerson v. Richard Stalder
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 2014No. 13-31289PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. GRAVES, JR.,'Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellee Albert Woodfox asserts a Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process claim against various prison officials at the David Wade Correctional Facility (“Wade”) in Louisiana, arising out of his lengthy and continuing incarceration in solitary confinement. The district court denied the defendant prison officials’ motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. We affirm.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
Plaintiff Albert Woodfox asserts that his solitary confinement, which has now lasted nearly thirty-nine years, persists…
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