Legal Opinion
Frank West, Jr. v. W. K. Cunningham, Director, Division of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1972No. 71-1392PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Senior Circuit Judge:
Invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Frank West, Jr., brought the present action to compel his release from the maximum security wing (“C” building) of the Virginia State Penitentiary. West alleged his confinement to “C” building, with its attendant loss of privileges, was an arbitrary punishment, imposed by the prison administrators without reason and without affording him any of the procedural protections mandated by the Due Process Clause. In February of 1971, after two and one half years of “administrative segregation,” West was returned to the general prison…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- John Henry Hewett v. State of North Carolina, R. L. Turner, Warden, Central Prison, Jerry Ray Cassada v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Robert Jewell Landman, Sr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- William Howard v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Director, Virginia Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Abernathy v. CunninghamCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Edward Joseph X. Chapman v. Richard KleindienstCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Allen v. NelsonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1973
- State Ex Rel. Djonne v. SchoenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Pearson v. TownsendDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1973
- In Re BoagCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
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