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Consent Decrees Create Enforceable Right
Loaded on May 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1997, page 5
A federal district court in South Carolina held that a consent decree created an enforceable due process right and a prisoner's § 1983 claim for violation of the consent decree was not barred by Sandin v. Conner, 115 S.Ct. 2293 (1995). As court's explore and define the full impact that …
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Liberty Interests,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Consent Decrees,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
South Carolina.
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