Anderson v. Recore

POOLER, Circuit Judge.

In 1978 we held that prison inmates in a temporary release program must receive a hearing prior to revocation of their release status. Tracy v. Salamack, 572 F.2d 393, 395-96 (2d Cir.1978) (per curiam). The district court, whose reasoning we adopted, found that plaintiffs satisfied both prongs of the test that determines whether the Due Process Clause requires a hearing. First, the prisoners demonstrated that they had suffered a grievous loss of liberty within the meaning of Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 92 S.Ct. 2593, 33 L.Ed.2d 484 (1972). Tracy v. Salamack, 440…