Gary Hudson v. Lt. Harlan Edmonson

ENGEL, Chief Judge.

In this prisoner civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, defendant Lt. Harlan Edmonson appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky denying his motion for summary judgment. In his original motion and on appeal, Edmonson contends that he is entitled to qualified immunity from personal liability for the acts charged in the complaint.

Assuming for the purpose of this appeal that the acts complained of violated Hudson’s constitutional right to due process under the fourteenth amendment, we hold that the status of the…