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U.S. Supreme Court to Review Cases
Loaded on July 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1996, page 23
Washington Disc. Case
Filed under:
Work Release,
Disciplinary Litigation,
Liberty Interests,
Sentencing,
Ex Post Facto,
Good Time,
Parole.
Locations:
Florida,
Oklahoma,
Washington.
On April 29, 1996, the US Supreme Court announced it would hear an appeal by Washington state prison officials involving a prisoner's challenge to the loss of good time during a prison disciplinary hearing. Jerry Balisok filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the loss of ...
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