MATHEWS v. FAIRMAN

No. 84-1556.

779 F.2d 409 (1985)

Tumery MATHEWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James W. FAIRMAN, Warden, James Thieret, Assistant Warden, and Louis O'Shea, Clinical Services Supervisor, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Brody, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

William D. Fraizer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 14, 1986.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Tumery Mathews, appeals the entry of a directed judgment in favor of the defendants. Mathews' action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleged that the defendants deprived Mathews of a constitutionally protected liberty interest without due process of law. We affirm.

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In 1979, Tumery Mathews was serving a 50-100 year sentence for murder...

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