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AKBAR v. FAIRMAN

Nos. 85-1836, 85-2249.

788 F.2d 1273 (1986)

Jamal Ali AKBAR and Melvin Nalls, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. James FAIRMAN, Paul Hosier, Mary Catherine Noonan, Andres Martinez and Robert K. Hanson, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1986.

As Amended April 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Beckett, Reon O'Byrne & Kepley, P.C., Champaign, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees.

Thomas A. Ioppolo, Ill. Atty. Gen. Office, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, Jamal Ali Akbar ("Akbar") and Melvin Nalls ("Nalls") filed separate 1983 actions against the defendants (officials and employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections) challenging the disciplinary procedures employed by the Pontiac Correctional Center ("Pontiac") Adjustment Committee.1 Akbar and Nalls appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding Akbar and Nalls nominal damages for the...

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