McCray v. Bennett

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Robert G. McCray, an inmate in the Alabama prison system, challenges as unconstitutional the sentencing practices followed in confining prisoners to segregation cells for disciplinary reasons. He sues under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He invokes the jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343(3). McCray sues on his own behalf and on behalf of all inmates who have been, are, or will be arbitrarily confined to segregation. As defendants he names Larry D. Bennett,…