Legal Opinion
Jesse A. X. Cooper v. Walter M. Riddle, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1976No. 75-1573PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Jesse A. X. Cooper, on behalf of himself and ten other prisoners, instituted this action against the Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that their procedural due process rights had been violated by the Institutional Classification Committee (ICC) in its reclassification of each of them into maximum security status. The defendant filed a motion for summary judgment supported by affidavits and exhibits which was granted by the district court, and the plaintiffs have appealed.
In the Virginia…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- John Wesley Clutchette v. Raymond K. ProcunierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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