Legal Opinion
Darryl Powell v. Ralph Weiss
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 8, 2014No. 13-2354PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
At issue in this appeal is whether Pennsylvania inmates have a constitutionally protected liberty interest in the expectation of release to a community correctional center. We hold they do not.
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Appellant Darryl Powell is a former Pennsylvania state inmate whose suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was dismissed by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The gravamen of Powell’s complaint was that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) violated his Fourteenth Amendment right not to be deprived of liberty without due process of…
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