Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit February 6, 1990, 89-1081 (William Phillip Taylor v. William Armontrout Robert Acree Virginia Crocker)

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case involves whether a Missouri Department of Corrections Rule creates a liberty interest protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court held that the Rule failed to create a liberty interest. We reverse.

BACKGROUND

William Phillip Taylor, an inmate confined in a Missouri penal institution, brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.