Norman Gotcher, Jr., Plaintiff-appellant, v. Tana Wood, et al., Defendants-appellees, 122 F.3d 39 (9th Cir. 1997)
Annotate this CaseJohn Midgley and David C. Fathi, Columbia Legal Services, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Talis M. Abolins, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Justice Division, Olympia, Washington, for Defendants-Appellees.
On Remand from the United States Supreme Court. D.C. No. CV-93-00120-FVS.
Before: BEEZER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and TEVRIZIAN,* District Judge.
Prior report: --- U.S. ----, 117 S. Ct. 1840, 137 L. Ed. 2d 1045.
The Court has reconsidered its holding in Gotcher v. Wood, 66 F.3d 1097 (9th Cir. 1995), in light of Edwards v. Balisok, --- U.S. ----, 117 S. Ct. 1584, 137 L. Ed. 2d 906 (1997). We agree with Wood that Edwards forecloses Gotcher's entire compensatory claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because we do not reach the issue of whether Gotcher has a protectable liberty interest in receiving good-time credits or remaining free of disciplinary segregation, we deny Gotcher's request to republish parts of our earlier decision. The district court's dismissal of Gotcher's claim is AFFIRMED.
The Honorable Dickran M. Tevrizian, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation
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