ISBY v. BAYH

Nos. 94-1400, 94-1481, 94-1493 and 94-1494.

75 F.3d 1191 (1996)

Aaron E. ISBY, Sidney Wilson, Guila Ifoma f/k/a Robert Henson, Jerry Stahl, and Lokmar Abdul-Wadood, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Paul Komyatti, Jr., William Sampley, Mark S. Douglas, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Evan BAYH, in his individual and official capacity as Governor of the State of Indiana; James E. Aiken, in his individual and official capacity as Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Corrections; Norman G. Owens, in his individual and official capacity as Director of the Classification Division of the Indiana Department of Corrections; John Nunn, in his individual and official capacity as Deputy Commissioner of Operations of the Indiana Department of Corrections; and, Charles E. Wright, in his individual and official capacity as Director of the Maximum Control Complex of the Indiana Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Palmer, Scott Hardy, Sheila Buckman, Law Students, argued, May, Oberfell & Lorber, South Bend, IN, Richard A. Waples, Indianapolis, IN, for Aaron E. Isby.

Hamid R. Kashani (argued), Indianapolis, IN, for Paul Komyatti, Jr., William Sampley, Mark S. Douglas.

Wayne E. Uhl (argued), Pamela Carter, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Evan Bayh, James E. Aiken, Norman G. Owens, John Nunn, Charles E. Wright.

Robert J. Palmer, Scott Hardy, Sheila Buckman, Law Students, argued, May, Oberfell & Lorber, South Bend, IN, for Sidney Wilson, Guila Ifoma, Jerry Stahl, Lokmar Yazid Abdul-Wadood.

Jerry Stahl, Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, IN, pro se.

Before CUMMINGS, FLAUM, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs are a class of prisoners at the Maximum Control Complex ("MCC"), a Westville, Indiana correctional facility. They brought this action to challenge the legality of their assignment to the MCC as well as the conditions of their confinement. They asserted violations of Indiana statutes, the Indiana Constitution and the United States Constitution. After lengthy negotiations, a settlement...

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