Lightner v. Hardison

GUTIERREZ, Judge.

William and Marcia Lightner filed a civil rights complaint alleging that in terminating their visiting privileges, the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) violated their constitutional rights under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution as well as their Idaho State Constitutional rights. The Lightners appeal the district court’s order granting respondents John Hardison, Brent Reinke, and Steve Nelson’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

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BACKGROUND

In an underlying criminal case, William was…