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- Title: Woods v. Thieret
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 07, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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Joe Woods, pro se plaintiff-appellant, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (together with three other inmates not parties to this appeal) while incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Institution1 against defendants, employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections. Woods' complaint stated two claims only one of which is argued on appeal: that prison officials violated his right to due process of law when they temporarily confined him to his cell, that is, put him in ""lockdown,"" on three separate occasions. Woods also complained that he was not fed for three days during one of the lockdowns. Upon consent of the parties, the case was referred to a magistrate for pretrial proceedings and disposition. The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. Magistrate Cohn granted summary judgment in favor of defendants and dismissed the action. Woods appeals, arguing that summary judgment was improperly granted because genuine issues of material fact existed, that Illinois Department of Corrections rules, 20 Ill.Admin.Code §§ 504.40 and 504.50(h), create a liberty interest which requires due process protections and that the district court erred in disposing of the case on the basis of this court's decision in Cain v. Lane, 857 F.2d 1139 (7th Cir. 1988). I.