Legal Opinion
Lokmar Yazid Abdul-Wadood v. Jack Duckworth and Edward Cohn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 9, 1989No. 86-1607PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Lokmar Yazid Abdul-Wadood, a state prisoner, brought an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against certain state prison officials. Abdul-Wadood claims that the prison officials violated his right to due process by holding his administrative classification hearing in the absence of his lay advocate and, later, by confining him to disciplinary segregation without charging him with a rule violation or providing him with a hearing. Abdul-Wadood appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants on both issues. He contends also that the district court improperly…
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