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LEWIS v. THIGPEN

No. 84-4271.

767 F.2d 252 (1985)

Moses I. LEWIS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Morris THIGPEN, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry Sansing, Jackson, Miss. (Court-appointed), for plaintiff-appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., Robert L. Gibbs, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHNSON, JOLLY, and HILL, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Moses I. Lewis filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Charles Floyd, former director of the Leflore County Restitution Center (Restitution Center), an institution under the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Lewis alleged that defendant Floyd violated his due process rights in Lewis' transfer from the Restitution Center to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.1 After a bench trial, the magistrate...

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