HAMPTON v. HOBBS

No. 96-3524.

106 F.3d 1281 (1997)

Lee HAMPTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ron HOBBS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

February 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Kanovitz, Stites & Harbison, Louisville, KY, Eric M. Jaegers (argued and briefed), Louisville, KY, for Lee Hampton.

Lee Hampton, Orient, OH, pro se.

Todd R. Marti (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Litigation Section, Columbus, OH, for Ron Hobbs.

Jacob M. Lewis (argued), Richard A. Olderman (briefed), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; ENGEL and COLE, Circuit Judges.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Judge.

Lee Hampton, a prisoner, initiated a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit alleging deprivation of a constitutionally protected liberty interest and retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendant and dismissed the case. Hampton filed a timely notice of appeal from that order and subsequently filed a motion with this Court to proceed in forma pauperis. This Court raised several...

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