Legal Opinion
Welch v. Bartlett
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 17, 1999No. Docket No. 98-2705PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
Elbert Welch appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (William M. Skretny, District Judge), dismissing his complaint alleging that officials from the New York State Department of Correctional Facilities (“DOCS”) deprived him of liberty without due process of law. The district court concluded that the deprivation in question, 90 days in solitary confinement, did not amount to an “atypical and significant hardship ... in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life,” Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484, 115…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Arce v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
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