The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a New Britain man's civil rights were violated while he spent a year in solitary confinement in state prison, but in a split decision, has reversed a compensatory award of $62,650, citing qualified immunity for corrections officials.

The Second Circuit was unanimous in its Nov. 22 judgment for appellee Almighty Supreme Born Allah, who was placed in administrative segregation on two occasions in connection with separate arrests—the second time as a pretrial detainee. In an April 4, 2016, judgment at the U.S. district court in Bridgeport, Allah's damages were determined to be $175 per day for 358 days of confinement that were deemed excessive and unconstitutional.