Legal Opinion
Asquith v. Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 30, 1999No. 98-5211PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCHWARZER, District Judge.
In this appeal, we must decide whether William Asquith, a former New Jersey State inmate, had a protected liberty interest in remaining in New Jersey’s Residential Community Release Agreement Program. We find he did not and, accordingly, affirm the district court.
FACTS
William Asquith was serving a five-year sentence under the custody of the New Jersey Department of Corrections (“DOC”) when he entered New Jersey’s Residential Community Release Agreement Program. Under that program, Asquith lived in a halfway house run by Volunteers of America…
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