United States Third Circuit

A former prisoner no longer in custody may seek damages for an allegedly unconstitutional disciplinary sanction affecting the conditions (not the fact or duration) of incarceration; sanctions were within scope of sentence and did not violate any protected liberty interest.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/23/2002
• Published 05/23/2002

Judges

• BEFORE:  ROTH, AMBRO, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip N. Yannella (argued), Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, Patrick DeAlmeida, Deputy Attorney General, Lisa A. Puglisi (argued), Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey, Division of Law, Richard J. Hughes, Justice Complex, Trenton, New Jersey, for appellees.