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Ad Seg May Require Due Process
Loaded on March 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1998, page 21
The court of appeals for the second circuit held that a district court wrongly concluded that administrative segregation (ad seg), in and of itself, does not violate due process. The court held prisoner plaintiffs must be given an opportunity to develop a factual record for their ad seg claims.
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Liberty Interests,
Informants (Disciplinary Hearings),
Notice of Hearing,
Summary Judgment,
Witnesses,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
New York.
Emmeth …
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