Tenth Circuit· 4/1/1996

Mitchell v. Maynard

Citations

80 F.3d 1433
1996 WL 145698

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reasoning that the requirements of procedural due process are met even if the evidence supporting a disciplinary decision is “meager”
stating that “[i]t is important to consider the conditions of confinement as a whole” and citing cases where deprivation of human needs found to be Eighth Amendment violation
holding inmate’s evidence failed to prove that decision maker had an improper motive
noting that the scope of a court’s due process review of a prison disciplinary proceeding is limited to determining whether Wolff’s requirements are met and there is some evidence to support the decision
beating shackled inmate with night sticks while shouting racial epithets violated Eighth Amendment
stating supervisory status alone is insufficient to support liability under § 1983

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Judges: Baldock, Brorby, Kelly

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