CATO v. RUSHEN

No. 86-1696.

824 F.2d 703 (1987)

James R. CATO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ruth RUSHEN, Warden G. Sumner, Assistant Warden Williamson, O. Nyberg, Assistant Warden, Mr. Kraener, Mrs. Rodriguez, Mr. Tabasck, Captain Calderon, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1987.

As Amended August 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Leeming, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kristofer Jorstad, Bruce M. Slavin, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before SNEED, ALARCON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

James R. Cato, a California state prisoner at the time of this suit, appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of Ruth Rushen, Director of California's Department of Corrections, and fourteen other defendants employed at San Quentin state prison. Cato's suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleged that his placement in administrative segregation violated his procedural due process...

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