LUNA v. PICO

Docket No. 02-299.

356 F.3d 481 (2004)

Alejandro LUNA, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Jose PICO and Allen Cave, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Naomi J. Schrag, New York, New York (John D. Winter, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York, New York, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Michael J. Keane, Assistant Attorney General, New York, New York (Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, Deon J. Nossel, Assistant Solicitor General, New York, New York, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Before: MESKILL and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges, and CHIN, District Judge.


CHIN, District J.

In this case, a state prisoner contends that two hearing officers violated his civil rights in administrative disciplinary proceedings by finding him guilty of stabbing another inmate without at least "some evidence" of guilt and sentencing him to confinement in a special housing unit. He alleges that he was deprived of due process of law as a consequence and commenced this action below for damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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