TULLOCH v. COUGHLIN

No. 174, Docket 93-2624.

50 F.3d 114 (1995)

Albert TULLOCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas A. COUGHLIN III, Corrections Commissioner; Walter R. Kelly, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility; Joseph Kihl; and M. Cunningham, Corrections Sergeant, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Tulloch, Fallsburg, NY, pro se.

G. Oliver Koppell, Albany, NY, Atty. Gen. of State of New York (Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Sol. Gen. of State of New York, Nancy A. Spiegel, Daniel Smirlock, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before: WINTER, JACOBS, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Albert Tulloch, an inmate at the Attica Correctional Facility ("Attica"), appeals pro se from Judge Elfvin's grant of Joseph Kihl's motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c). The district court held that Kihl has absolute immunity from suits based on claims relating to his role as a prison disciplinary hearing officer. We reverse.

On February 24, 1990, a misbehavior report charged Tulloch with assault based on information...

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