Russell C. Baker v. Howard N. Lyles, Warden Lawrence Carpenter, Security Chief Major Thompson, Acting Security Chief Lt. Elijah Thomas

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Russell C. Baker, a Maryland inmate, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Warden Howard N. Lyles, Security Chief Lawrence Carpenter, Acting Security Chief Major Thompson and Lieutenant Elijah Thomas of the Maryland Penitentiary, claiming violations of his due process rights as a result of the initiation, investigation and prosecution of a prison disciplinary proceeding in which he was convicted of possession of escape contraband and of association with other inmates in an escape attempt. He claims that his conviction was based solely upon the hearsay…