Legal Opinion
Donald J. Hatch v. District of Columbia,appellees
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 30, 1999No. 96-7247PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Under Sandin v. Conner, segregative confinement in prison implicates a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution only if it “imposes atypical and significant hardship on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life.” 515 U.S. 472, 484, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995). In this case brought by a Lorton inmate claiming a liberty interest in avoiding such confinement, we must define “the ordinary incidents of prison life” — the comparative baseline for…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Wilkinson v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Harden-Bey v. RutterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- Marion v. Columbia Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Shane Kervin v. La Clair BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Emmeth Sealey v. T.H. GiltnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
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