Legal Opinion
Rawls v. Sundquist
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided May 23, 1996No. 3-96-0107PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CAMPBELL, District Judge.
Pending before the Court are Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 6) and Plaintiffs’ Response thereto (Docket No. 11). For the reasons more fully stated herein, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 6) is GRANTED.
The issue in this case is whether a satellite dish donated to the State of Tennessee, Department of Correction, for the use of death row inmates has been unconstitutionally removed.
The Court holds that Plaintiffs’ due process rights have not been violated because Plaintiffs do not have a constitutionally-protected right to the satellite…
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