Rojelio E. Rivera v. E. O. Toft, Warden

Rivera and others, inmates of the Federal Reformatory at El Reno, Oklahoma, filed this action in the district court seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. Jurisdiction was asserted under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3).

The inmates complain of the procedures before the institution’s disciplinary committee. They contend that before being “sentenced” to punitive segregation, they are entitled to written notice of charges, a hearing with rights of confrontation and cross-examination, a record of the hearing, decision, and the evidence relied upon,…