U.S. Appeals Court: LENGTH REVIEW DUE PROCESS.

• Position: Brief Article

Shoats v. Horn, 213 F.3d 140 (3rd Cir. 2000). A state prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action against corrections officials alleging that his confinement for eight years in administrative segregation violated due process. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that although the long-term solitary confinement of the prisoner was significantly...