RODI v. VENTETUOLO

No. 90-1092.

941 F.2d 22 (1991)

Stephen Gerard RODI, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Donald R. VENTETUOLO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynette Labinger, by appointment of the Court, with whom Roney & Labinger, Elizabeth Colt, Providence, R.I., and Robert S. Powers were on brief, East Greenwich, R.I., for plaintiff, appellant.

Anthony A. Cipriano, Deputy Chief, Legal Services, Rhode Island Dept. of Corrections, Providence, R.I., for defendants, appellees.

Before SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges, and STAHL, District Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (DOC) has in force regulations governing disciplinary and classification procedures, familiarly known as the "Morris Rules." This appeal requires us to consider whether the "Emergency or Temporary Provisions" of the Morris Rules (which we excerpt as an appendix and hereafter refer to as the "Emergency Provisions"), where applicable, imbue prison inmates with a liberty interest in remaining in the general...

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