BICKHAM v. CANNON

No. 74-2021.

516 F.2d 885 (1975)

Sherman BICKHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph CANNON et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Flaxman, Thomas R. Meites, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Davy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

SWYGERT and TONE, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Sherman Bickham brought this civil rights action against the warden and other officials of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Stateville Branch, where he is a prisoner. He challenges the validity of the "customary procedure" in that prison by which prisoners being held on the minimum security honor farm are immediately removed from the farm and held in administrative isolation pending a disciplinary...

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