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Consent Decree Creates a Liberty Interest
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1991, page 7
Consent Decree Creates A Liberty Interest
Filed under:
Consent Decrees,
Qualified Immunity,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
Rhode Island.
Stephen Rodi, a Rhode Island state prisoner filed suit under § 1983 claiming he had been put in administrative segregation without cause, notice or opportunity to be heard. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim and on appeal the …
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