WILKERSON v. GOODWIN

No. 13-31289.

774 F.3d 845 (2014)

Robert King WILKERSON; Albert Woodfox; Victory Wallace; Barbara Wallace Marshall; Lorraina Wallace Anderson; Justina Wallace Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jerry GOODWIN, Warden, David Wade Correctional Center, in his official and individual capacity; James Arnold, Deputy Warden of Security, David Wade Correctional Center, in his official and individual capacities; Lonnie Nail, Lieutenant Colonel, David Wade Correctional Center, in his official and individual capacities; Mark Hunter, Classification Officer, David Wade Correctional Center, in his official and individual capacities; Howard Prince, Warden, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, in his official and individual capacities; Greg McKey, Assistant Warden of Security, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, in his official and individual capacities; Betty Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, in her official and individual capacities; Kevin Durbin, Lieutenant Colonel, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, in his official and individual capacities; Jeffrey Gladney, Classification Officer, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, in his official and individual capacities; Chris Evans, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carine M. Williams , Corrine A. Irish, Esq. , George H. Kendall , Squire Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY, Katherine Michelle Kimpel , Sanford Heisler, L.L.P., Washington, DC, William P. Quigley , Loyola University, Nicholas Joseph Trenticosta, Esq. , Attorney, Herrero & Trenticosta, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Stuart Kyle Duncan , Duncan, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, John F. Weeks , II, Usry, Weeks & Matthews, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KING, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff-Appellee Albert Woodfox asserts a Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process claim against various prison officials at the David Wade Correctional Facility ("Wade") in Louisiana, arising out of his lengthy and continuing incarceration in solitary confinement. The district court denied the defendant...

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