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No Liberty Interest in Ohio Visiting Rules
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1998, page 14
Afederal district court in Ohio held that Ohio state visiting rules do not create a liberty interest in visitation. Melissa Blair is a former Ohio prison guard married to Ohio prisoner Lemont Blair. The Blairs' visiting privileges were suspended after prison officials discovered that Melissa had lied about her prison …
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Liberty Interests,
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Employee Litigation,
Marriage.
Location:
Ohio.
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