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KING v. HIGGINS

No. 82-1580.

702 F.2d 18 (1983)

Arnie KING, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Joseph HIGGINS, Defendant, Appellee, Douglas Vinzant, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1983.

Order on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing April 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Luzier, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Criminal Bureau, Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Stephen R. Delinsky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Criminal Bureau, and Barbara A.H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Criminal Appellate Div., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Douglas Vinzant.

Edward Berkin, Boston, Mass., with whom Doyle, Playter, Novick & Berkin, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Arnie King.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

Order on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc April 27, 1983.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an award of $390 in compensatory damages to plaintiff-appellee Arnold King for deprivation of his due process rights at a prison disciplinary hearing. At the time of the proceedings, on July 2, 1973, plaintiff was an inmate at the farm section of M.C.I., Concord. Defendant Douglas Vinzant was the Superintendent at that prison. His co-defendant in...

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