Legal Opinion
Burns v. PA Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 19, 2008No. 07-1678PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
The Hohfeldian issue presented in this appeal requires us to determine whether a disciplinary conviction directing that an inmate’s institutional account be assessed for medical or other expenses implicates a property interest sufficient to trigger the protections of procedural due process.1 *281Appellant Rodney Burns (“Burns”), while an inmate at SCI-Graterford, a Pennsylvania prison, was accused of assaulting fellow inmate Charles Mobley. At the conclusion of a prison misconduct proceeding, Hearing Examiner Mary Canino determined that Burns had committed the assault…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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3Cited by86 opinions
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