Legal Opinion
Tumery Mathews v. James W. Fairman, Warden, James Thieret, Assistant Warden, and Louis O'shea, Clinical Services Supervisor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 18, 1985No. 84-1556PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Turnery Mathews, appeals the entry of a directed judgment in favor of the defendants. Mathews’ action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleged that the defendants deprived Mathews of a constitutionally protected liberty interest without due process of law. We affirm.
I
In 1979, Turnery Mathews was serving a 50-100 year sentence for murder in Pontiac Correctional Center (“Pontiac”). Mathews was assigned a maximum security classification, and consequently resided in the maximum security unit at Pontiac. The maximum security unit housed between 1,600 and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- William J. Benson v. Robert H. AllphinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- John Stanley Campbell v. H.G. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Willie Williams, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Michael P. Lane, Director of the Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Stephen L. Ustrak, Cross-Appellant v. James W. Fairman, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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