Legal Opinion
Michael P. Parenti v. Joseph J. Ponte
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 8, 1984No. 83-1531PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Michael Parenti, an inmate at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. His complaint alleged that defendants, various officials and employees of the Department of Correction, had denied him due process by transferring him to the departmental segregation unit (DSU) without a fair hearing. The district court, 565 F.Supp. 987, found that the applicable state statute and regulations created no liberty interest protected by the due process…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by29 opinions
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