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Tenth Circuit Holds Due Process Requires Meaningful Segregation Reviews
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2012
by Brandon Sample
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2012, page 44
Prisoners indefinitely confined to administrative segregation are entitled to meaningful, periodic reviews of their segregation status, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held on June 20, 2011, while granting qualified immunity to the prison official defendants. The appellate court issued an amended opinion in April 2012; however, ...
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Liberty Interests,
Immunity/Liability,
Qualified Immunity,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
Colorado.
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