HATCH v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 96-7247.

184 F.3d 846 (1999)

Donald J. HATCH, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Hatch was on the briefs for appellant.

J. Alexander Ward, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the briefs as amicus curiae on behalf of appellant.

Mary L. Wilson, Assistant Corporation Counsel, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were John M. Ferren, Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel.

Before: SILBERMAN, WILLIAMS and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

Under Sandin v. Conner, segregative confinement in prison implicates a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution only if it "imposes atypical and significant hardship on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life." 515 U.S. 472, 484, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995). In this...

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