Legal Opinion
Horne v. Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 27, 1998No. 301, Docket 97-2047PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Willie Horne appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York dismissing his action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The only substantial issue on appeal concerns Horne’s claim that, while a prisoner in New York state custody, he was denied due process when defendants, various prison system officials, failed to provide him with “counsel substitute” in a disciplinary hearing that resulted in his confinement in the prison’s Special Housing Unit (“SHU”) for six months. The district court dismissed plaintiffs claim under…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Kenneth Gaston v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III Donald Selsky Lt. Grant Lebaron, Lt. Hans Walker Frank Irvin Edward Dann John Doe, Confidential InformantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
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- Wright v. DeeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1999
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