COOPER v. LANE

No. 90-2013.

969 F.2d 368 (1992)

Clarence D. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael P. LANE, Michael O'Leary, Salvador Godinez, Edward Lyles, Kenneth Morgan, and Daniel Scott, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold S. Solovy, Richard T. Franch, and Debbie L. Moeckler (argued), Jenner & Block, and Samuel N. Warsawsky, Warsawsky & Fabing, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Timothy J. Cavanagh, Arthur Zaban, Asst. Attys. Gen., Claudia E. Sainsot, Deputy Atty. Gen. (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., and Karen Michels Caille, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Civ. Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFEY, FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Clarence Cooper brought this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several prison officials including Daniel Scott. Cooper alleged that Scott infringed his due process rights when he denied Cooper's request for a continuance of a disciplinary hearing. Cooper had requested the continuance so he could gather witnesses for his defense. Before trial, Scott moved for summary judgment, but Cooper did not file a memorandum in...

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