Legal Opinion
Herman Harmon v. Calvin D. Auger, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1985No. 84-1784-NIPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was filed by two inmates of the Iowa Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa, and two of their visitors, challenging two Reformatory policies. The first policy under attack is the suspension of contact visitation privileges of prisoners who, in disciplinary proceedings are found guilty of the possession of drugs. The Reformatory established a no-contact visitation area with a screen between the inmate and his visitor. The second policy relates to the use of the results of a urine drug detection system in finding inmates guilty of a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by36 opinions
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