U.S. District Court: CUSTODY LEVEL DUE PROCESS.

• Position: Brief Article

Rivera Borrero v. Rivera Correa, 93 F.Supp.2d 122 (D.Puerto Rico 2000). An inmate brought a pro se [sections] 1983 action against Puerto Rico corrections officials alleging that he had been unjustifiably kept in maximum security custody for more than three years before being reclassified to medium security. The inmate also sought to compel his reclassification to minimum security custodial status. The district court dismissed the case, finding that the inmate's three years in maximum...