Legal Opinion
Benfield v. Bounds
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1976No. Nos. 73-2159, 75-1069, 75-1867 and 75-1868PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge:
In these four cases each of the plaintiffs, three of them confined in North Carolina correctional institutions and one, Denson, in such a Virginia institution, appeal from denial of relief sought in connection with transfers and/or reclassifications. Each of them, proceeding pro se, has alleged that his intra-confinement system transfers and/or reclassifications occurred without his being afforded that degree of procedural due process required by Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974).1 In Kirby v. Blackledge, 530 F.2d 583 (4th…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Preiser v. NewkirkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Landman v. RoysterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- Douglas Gomes v. Anthony P. Travisono, Etc., (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hendrix v. McCuneDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1977
- Donald Benfield v. Vernon Bounds, Etc., Robert E. X. Carroll v. David L. Jones, Etc., William Floyd Johnson, Jr. v. V. L. Bounds, Etc., Leroi Denson v. Department of Corrections, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Kerry Brown v. Pharmchem Laboratories, Inc., J. Michael Quinlan, Calvin Edwards, Eddie Geouge, G. Quinn, S. King, Gary L. HenmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993