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Fifth Circuit: Texas Prisoners Cannot be Disciplined for Trust Fund Deposits Initiated by Others
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2008
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2008, page 38
by Matthew T. Clarke
Filed under:
Disciplinary Litigation,
Liberty Interests,
Attorneys,
Appointment of Counsel,
Good Time,
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
Texas.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials must introduce evidence that a prisoner participated in a monetary transfer before they can discipline him for trafficking and trading due to third-party trust fund deposits.
Hubert Earl Teague, a Texas state prisoner, filed a petition ...
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