United States Fifth Circuit

Denial of prison officials' qualified immunity motions to dismiss inmates' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, arising from extended lockdowns and "sham" reviews of those lockdowns, is affirmed where it is unclear whether the confinement resulted from prisoners' initial classification.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/14/2003
• Published 05/14/2003

Judges

• W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Welch Milliner (argued), Law Office of Salvador Anzelmo, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Andre' Charles Castaing (argued), Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.