Shell v. Brzezniak.

• Position: DISCIPLINE - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

WITNESS

Shell v. Brzezniak, 365 F.Supp. 2d 362 (W.D.N.Y. 2005). A prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that correctional officers violated his First and Eighth Amendment rights. After partial summary judgment was granted in favor of some defendants, the prisoner filed a motion to amend his complaint for the third time. The district court granted the motion in part, and denied it in part. The court found that the prisoner had no colorable due process claim based on a disciplinary hearing officer's failure to call two...