Hoover v. Keating.

• Position: Prison discipline - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

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Hoover v. Keating, 59 Fed.Appx. 288 (10th Cir. 2003) [unpublished]. A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that his disciplinary citations should have been reversed for his refusal to comply with housing assignments, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the officials and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the officials did not violate ADA by disciplining the inmate for refusing to obey housing orders. The court...