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Second Circuit Discusses Qualified Immunity in Disciplinary Case

Loaded on April 15, 2001 published in Prison Legal News April, 2001, page 29
Filed under: Disciplinary Litigation, Staff Assistance, Qualified Immunity, Mental Health. Location: New York.
Second Circuit Discusses Qualified Immunity In Disciplinary Case


The Second Circuit has with drawn its previous decision in Horne v. Coughlin, 155 F.3d 26 (2nd Cir. 1998), substituting an opinion that does not determine whether a mentally retarded prisoner has a constitutional right to assistance before a prison disciplinary board ...

 

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