Legal Opinion
William M. Keenan, Jr. v. Larry D. Bennett, Commissioner, Alabama Board of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 10, 1980No. 79-3105PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Appellant William M. Keenan, a state prisoner, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging due process violations in the manner in which his “good time” status was revoked. The defendants moved for dismissal. The matter was referred to a magistrate, who treated the complaint as an application for a writ of habeas corpus and recommended dismissal. The district court accepted the recommendations and. dismissed the action. We reverse and remand.
On September 5,1978, Keenan, a prisoner at Alabama’s Kilby Correctional Facility, applied for Incentive Good Time (IGT) status…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by30 opinions
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