Riggins v. Walter.

• Position: ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

DUE PROCESS

Riggins v. Walter, 279 F.3d 422 (7th Cir. 2001). A prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison officials alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated in a prison disciplinary process. The district court dismissed the claims and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that a postdeprivation hearing provided to the inmate after he was placed in segregation was sufficient to satisfy due process requirements, based on his alleged involvement with bringing drugs into the prison. The court also held that the inmate failed to show that...