U.S. Appeals Court: RULES-ITEMS PERMITTED.

• Position: Brief Article

Cosco v. Uphoff, 195 F.3d 1221 (10th Cir. 1999). Prison inmates brought a civil rights complaint against several employees of a state corrections department claiming deprivation of property without due process and denial of access to the courts. The district court dismissed the complaint and the inmates appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the Hewitt methodology does not apply to property and liberty interest claims arising from prison conditions. The appeals court held that...