Opinion ID: 2762182
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Heading: Adequacy of Process

Text: We hold that Woodfox has a clearly established liberty interest. It does not follow that this type of extended lockdown is necessarily impermissible in every circumstance, but that it is such an “atypical and significant hardship” that the prison officials must provide adequate procedural protections to the inmate. See Wilkinson, 545 U.S. at 224-29 (holding that the prison system provided adequate due process by providing informal, non-adversary procedures which included multiple levels of review for any decision recommending OPS placement, and a placement review within 30 days of the initial assignment). Here, the district court found that genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment on the question of whether the procedures for review of CCR placement at Wade were constitutionally adequate. Wilkerson II, 2013 WL 6665452, at -11. The Wade Defendants do not challenge this holding on appeal, and conceded at oral argument that if we were to find a liberty interest, the case must be remanded to determine the adequacy of the procedures. Having found a clearly established liberty interest, we affirm the denial of summary judgment based on qualified 21 Case: 13-31289 Document: 00512874075 Page: 22 Date Filed: 12/17/2014 No. 13-31289 immunity and leave the question of the adequacy of the process to be resolved in the district court.