JOIHNER v. McEVERS

No. 89-1469.

898 F.2d 569 (1990)

Willie JOIHNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Stephen L. McEVERS, Captain Hockaday, and M. Spinner Jones, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond P. Niro, Joseph N. Hosteny, Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jan E. Hughes, William K. Kane, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Willie Joihner appeals the grant of summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against officials at Logan Correctional Center where he is incarcerated. The district court held that the officials violated no protectible liberty interest when they denied Joihner's request to be transferred to a work camp.

I.

In August 1986, Joihner requested he be assigned to the Hanna City work camp. This...

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