Luis Ruiz v. Gerald Hofbauer

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

This is a pro se civil rights action brought by Michigan inmate Luis Ruiz under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Ruiz contends that the defendants violated his due process rights by tampering with a videotape showing he did not commit an assault upon prison guards for which he received prison disciplinary sanctions and an assault conviction in state court. The district court dismissed Ruiz’s suit as an attack on the length of his sentence, which is not cognizable under § 1983. We AFFIRM.

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Luis Ruiz is a prisoner at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia,…