Ronald H. Spears v. Morris Thigpen, John Nagle Steve Dees (Jointly, Individually and Each in Their Capacity)

The appellant, Ronald Spears, filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaining about various aspects of his confinement in administrative segregation at the West Jefferson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama. He alleged that the conditions of his confinement in administrative segregation violated his rights under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. He further alleged that administrative segregation was used as a pretext for extended punitive segregation without due process of law. The appellant sought injunctive and declaratory relief. The…