Legal Opinion
Tarapchak v. Lackawanna County
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 24, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-2078PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM.
KEARNEY, District Judge.
' Arrested persons awaiting trial are entitled to due process whether they are detained in prison or released on bail. If the state has probable cause to believe a person violated terms of house arrest on bail, it can investigate and recommend charges for bail violations. We now face an apparent wrinkle where Lackawanna County allows its Director of House Arrest, accompanied by a corrections officer, to hold a prison hallway “hearing” to interrogate a person allegedly violating a house arrest condition without counsel. Following this.hallway hearing, the…
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