MERRITT v. BROGLIN

No. 87-2884.

891 F.2d 169 (1989)

Kenneth MERRITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G. Michael BROGLIN, Superintendent, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Butler O'Neall (argued), O'Neall & O'Neall, Remington, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kenneth Merritt, Pendleton, Ind., pro se.

William P. Glynn, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kirk A. Knoll, Dist. Atty. Gen. (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM, MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Kenneth Merritt, an inmate at Westville Correctional Center (WCC), brought suit in the district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that defendant superintendent's denial of Merritt's request for leave to attend his step-father's funeral violated his substantive and procedural due process rights. The district court granted summary judgment for defendant, and Merritt appeals...

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