Casper v. Marquette Prison Warden

Plaintiff, by leave granted, filed this delayed appeal from a dismissal with prejudice of his appeal from an administrative decision finding him guilty of major misconduct in connection with the May 26, 1981, prison riot at the Marquette Branch Prison. Plaintiff is a prisoner currently incarcerated for a 1966 conviction of first-degree murder. On June 5, 1981, he was found guilty of breaking into and burning the counsellor’s office during the Memorial Day riot. He was given seven days detention.

The record discloses that the charges of major misconduct were based solely upon testimony of a…