MORRIS v. TRAVISONO

No. 82-1870.

707 F.2d 28 (1983)

Joseph MORRIS, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Anthony TRAVISONO, et al., Defendants, Appellees. John J. Moran, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Cappello, Cranston, R.I., for appellant.

Robert B. Mann, Providence, R.I., for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BREYER, Circuit Judge, and MALETZ, Senior Judge.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns plaintiff-appellee John Carillo's continued confinement in segregated status ("C" status) in the high security section of the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute (ACI). Plaintiff claims that his confinement violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 1972 consent decree of Morris v. Travisono1 (the "Morris Rules") governing the classification...

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