RIVERA v. TOFT

No. 72-1785.

477 F.2d 534 (1973)

Rojelio E. RIVERA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. E. O. TOFT, Warden, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rojelio E. Rivera, and others, pro se.

Jerry Cord Wilson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okla., for defendants-appellees.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, and PICKETT and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

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...

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