Legal Opinion
Frank Haygood v. Evelle J. Younger, and Harold Cranke and Benjamin Seymour
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1985No. 81-4686PublishedCited by 348 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
Two prison officials appeal a judgment for $2,090 in damages and $45,383 in attorneys’ fees in Frank Haygood’s § 1983 action for damages for prolonging his state prison detention by using an incorrect method to compute his release date. Haygood v. Younger, 527 F.Supp. 808 (E.D.Cal. 1981). Our panel decision reversed that judgment. Haygood v. Younger, 718 F.2d 1472 (9th Cir.1983), withdrawn, 729 F.2d 613 (9th Cir.1984). Because this case presents important questions about the scope of due process available to state prisoners, we took it with two others for en banc…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by348 opinions
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