Legal Opinion

Lowrance v. Achtyl

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 29, 1994No. 526, Docket 93-2391PublishedCited by 237 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue in this pro se appeal is whether state prison officials satisfied due process requirements when they held an inmate in administrative confinement for two days. The pro se plaintiff, Jory Lowrance a/k/a Ya’Qub Shamsid-Deen, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, DiBianco, M.J., granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants and dismissing Shamsid-Deen’s complaint alleging that the defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 All of the- defendants, Correction Officer Achtyl, Sergeant Skrocki,…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by237 opinions

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  4. Mcpherson v. CoombeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
  5. Graham v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996

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