Legal Opinion
Hardwick v. Ault
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided January 12, 1978No. Civ. A. 74-139PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, District Judge:
This lawsuit involves H-House, a large disciplinary cell block wing of the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center at Jackson, Georgia, which is, in effect, a prison within a prison. Problem prisoners and incorrigibles from Georgia's entire prison system are placed there under extreme restrictions and severe deprivations. The plaintiffs, past and present members of H-House, assert that they were transferred .to the Diagnostic Center and placed in H-House without a hearing, without notice of the offenses they had allegedly committed, and without being told why they…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Phillip L. Lindquist v. Idaho State Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- John Furtado v. Harold Bishop, John Furtado v. Harold BishopCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Ruiz v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Alvaro L. Hernandez, Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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