Legal Opinion
O'Bar v. Pinion
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1991No. 91-7526PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
When Paul Brendan O’Bar, a North Carolina inmate, was removed from a work release program and placed in administrative segregation by state officials, he sued the officials in their individual capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), based on allegations that their actions were prompted by the complaint of a member of the public and not by any disciplinary infraction. He contended that the actions taken by state officials 1) denied him equal protection of the laws in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, 2) denied him a liberty interest without due process in…
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