Ralph Francis Alexander, Jr., Plaintiff-appellant, v. Commissioner of Correction; Warden, Maryland Penitentiary;ernestine Williams, Records Department Supervisor,maryland Penitentiary, Defendants-appellees, 803 F.2d 1180 (4th Cir. 1986)

Ralph Alexander, a Maryland inmate, alleges in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit that he was deprived of good conduct time (GCT) without due process. Alexander alleges the warden and the commissioner of corrections violated his due process rights when they affirmed numerous deprivations of GCT without providing additional reasoning. Alexander, due to his participation in numerous institutional infractions, has lost 693 hours of GCT.

To satisfy due process before good conduct time may be taken, prison officials must afford prisoners advance written notice of the charges, written findings and the right to call witnesses. Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974). Alexander was provided with these safeguards. A warden affirming the decision of a hearing officer on the same reason need not go through the motions of repeating the justification for the decision. We therefore affirm the judgment of the district court accepting the magistrate's recommendations.^*  Because the dispositive issues have recently been authoritatively decided, we dispense with oral argument.

AFFIRMED.