February 25, 2002

USDC for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division

Class of current and former prisoners at high maximum security prison facility brought § 1983 action for injunctive relief against corrections officials, alleging denial of due process in prisoners' placement and retention at facility. The District Court, Gwin, J., held that: (1) inmates had a liberty interest in their conditions of confinement; (2) inmates were entitled to due process protections in decisions to send them to and retain them at facility; (3) inmates were denied due process in decisions to send them to and retain them at facility; and (4) new corrections policies failed to provide adequate due process safeguards.