Eddie Griffin v. John Spratt and J. Kevin Kane

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

Two state corrections officials appeal from a judgment entered against them under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for allegedly violating a prisoner’s due process rights in connection with a prison disciplinary proceeding. One of the offenses for which the prisoner was found guilty at the disciplinary proceeding was possession or consumption of intoxicating beverages. The district court held that the prisoner’s due process rights were violated because the beverages found in his cell were not preserved until the time of the hearing but were instead discarded in…