Phillip Fantone v. Fred Latini

OPINION

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Though criminal convictions followed by imprisonment deprive defendants of their freedom, inmates nevertheless retain certain constitutionally protected property and liberty interests. Thus, the Due Process Clause in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibits the federal and state governments from depriving an inmate of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. 1 In this case, we consider whether a state has interfered unlawfully with an inmate’s protected liberty interests with respect to the conditions of his confinement and the…