Legal Opinion
Thomas F. Wagner v. Craig A. Hanks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 1997No. 95-3108PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
A state prisoner seeks federal habeas corpus, claiming to have been deprived of liberty within the meaning of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by being placed in disciplinary segregation. The principal though not only question presented by his appeal from the dismissal of his claim is whether, in determining whether such a deprivation has occurred, the district court must compare conditions in disciplinary segregation with those in which the general population of the prison is confined or with those in which the general population of any prison in the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by89 opinions
- Wilkinson v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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- Townsend v. FuchsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Onofre T. Serrano v. S.W. FrancisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Nathan Gillis v. Jon E. Litscher, Gerald A. Berge, Warden, Bradley HompeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
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