AUSTIN v. WILKINSON

No. 4:01-CV-71.

189 F.Supp.2d 719 (2002)

Charles E. AUSTIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Reginald WILKINSON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

February 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice Lynd, Law Office of Staughton & Alice Lynd, Niles, Bill Goodman, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY, Jillian S. Davis, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Cleveland, Jules L. Lobel, Pittsburgh, PA, Michael J. Benza, Law Office of Jeffry F. Kelleher, Raymond V. Vasvari, Jr., American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Cleveland, Staughton Lynd, Law Office of Staughton & Alice Lynd, Niles, Terry H. Gilbert, Friedman & Gilbert, Cleveland, for Michael Benge, Alonzo L. Bonner, Plaintiffs.

Carol H. O'Brien, Office of the Attorney General, State of Ohio, Corrections Litigation Section, Jeffrey A. Stankunas, Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor, Joseph M. Mancini, Office of the Attorney General, State of Ohio, Corrections Litigation Section, Columbus, Marianne Pressman, Office of the Attorney General, State of Ohio, Corrections Litigation Section, Cincinnati, Mark Landes, Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor, Columbus, for Stephen J Huffman, Bernard J. Ryznar, Todd E. Ishee, Bruce A. Martin, Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

GWIN, District Judge.

In this case, a class of current and former prisoners at the Ohio State Penitentiary ("OSP") says the defendants, all employees of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (the "Department"), violated their constitutional rights by denying them due process in their placement and retention at the OSP. The plaintiffs say conditions at the OSP give rise to a liberty interest because they impose an atypical...

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