Withrow v. Donnelly.

• Position: Violation of due process of law - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

SEGREGATION

PUNISHMENT

Withrow v. Donnelly, 333 F.Supp.2d 108 (W.D.N.Y. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 due process action alleging that he had been improperly denied the right to present witnesses at a disciplinary hearing that resulted in his segregated confinement. The district court denied a defendant's motion for judgment on the pleading, finding that the fact that the inmate's segregation lasted only 77 days did not, by itself, preclude his claim because it was unknown whether the conditions of his...