Legal Opinion
Wendell Bills v. Murray Henderson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1980No. 78-1172PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, inmates at Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that procedures used in disciplinary proceedings at Brushy Mountain violated their right to due process under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution. They appeal the District Court’s judgment which granted only partial relief. Plaintiffs claim that the procedures followed when placing them in administrative segregation, punitive segregation, and in revoking their accrued good and honor time…
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3Cited by169 opinions
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