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Jury Trial Required for Ad-Seg Claim
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1992, page 6
John Dell-Orfano was arrested and held in administrative segregation (ad seg) in the Suffolk County jail in New York. Before being placed in ad seg he did not receive any type of hearing, notice or opportunity to dispute the placement. He filed suit in US District Court claiming violation of …
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Juries,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
New York.
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