Terry Schertz v. Crispus Nix Jim Helling John Henry John Emmett Paul Hedgepeth

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Terry Schertz, an Iowa inmate, appeals from a final order entered in the District Court 1 for the Southern District of Iowa granting defendant prison officials summary judgment in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

Schertz alleged that he had been confined in the disciplinary detention unit of the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) to serve a twenty-two year sentence for disciplinary rule violations. In May 1987, he was transferred under 18 U.S.C. § 5003 2 to Marion Federal Prison (Marion). While at Marion, Schertz was placed in the…