United States Seventh Circuit

An inmate's noncompliance with a valid prison rule does not convert the consequences that flow automatically from that noncompliance into punishment actionable under 42 U.S.C. section 1983.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/14/2005
• Published 04/15/2005

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harry Rodriguez (submitted), Joliet, IL, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Office of the Attorney General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.