RODGERS v. THOMAS

No. 88-1740.

879 F.2d 380 (1989)

Eugene RODGERS, Appellant, v. C.E. THOMAS, Warden; Grant Harris, Assistant Warden; Major Parsons, Security Chief; D. Heard, Counselor III, Employees Benton Work Release Center, AR Dept. of Correction, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard Proctor, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Lee Taylor Franke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and WHIPPLE, District Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Eugene Rodgers sued various employees of the Arkansas Department of Correction under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), alleging that the defendants deprived him of procedural due process during a disciplinary proceeding and that the conditions of his confinement pending the disciplinary hearing constituted cruel and unusual punishment. After an evidentiary hearing conducted before a magistrate, the defendants...

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