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Sandin Analyzed for New York Prisoners
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1997, page 20
A federal district court in New York held that a trial was required to determine if a prisoner's due process rights were violated at a disciplinary hearing. The significance of this case lies not so much with the court's ruling as with its exhaustive and detailed analysis of how Sandin ...
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Disciplinary Litigation,
Liberty Interests,
Disciplinary Appeals.
Location:
New York.
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