Legal Opinion

Clifton Wells v. Thomas R. Israel, Superintendent

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 10, 1988No. 86-1525PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Clifton Wells, a state prisoner, alleged that defendant prison officials did not accord him procedural due process when they placed him first in punitive segregation and then in administrative segregation. In disciplining Wells, the officials relied on confidential information which they did not disclose to Wells. The district court granted the prison officials’ motion for summary judgment while denying Wells’s cross-motion. Wells v. Israel, 629 F.Supp. 498 (E.D.Wis.1986). We affirm. However, while the district court’s reasoning was otherwise sound, the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Ruben Ramirez Sanchez v. H.G. Miller, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Marion, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  4. Charles Mendoza v. Harold G. Miller, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  5. Llewellyn Culbert v. Warren YoungCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Carl Henderson v. United States Parole Commission and Patrick W. Keohane, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  2. Broussard v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
  3. Ronald W. Evans, Plaintiff/petitioner-Appellant v. Daniel R. McBride Defendants/respondents-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  4. Richards v. DretkeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
  5. Ashby v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

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