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Reversal of Disciplinary Hearing Doesn't Moot Suit

Loaded on Dec. 15, 1995 published in Prison Legal News December, 1995, page 6
Filed under: Disciplinary Litigation, Notice of Hearing, Standard of Proof, Civil Procedure, Damages, Mootness, Service, Local Rules. Location: Nebraska.
The court of appeals for the eighth circuit has held that a state court reversal of a prison disciplinary hearing does not preclude the prisoner filing suit for money damages in federal court. The appeals court also criticized and reversed the lower court for dismissing a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), …

 

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