Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Feeney
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 14, 1987No. Civ. A. No. 83-185 LONPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LONGOBARDI, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that his confinement at the Delaware State Hospital deprived him of a liberty interest in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. On November 8, 1984, this Court held that while Plaintiff had been deprived of a liberty interest, that deprivation had not occurred without due process of law. Hicks v. Feeney, 596 F.Supp. 1504 (D.Del.1984). The Court based its decision on the ground that post-deprivation remedies were available to Plaintiff and that under…
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