Legal Opinion
Christopher Holly v. D. Woolfolk
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 2005No. 03-2448PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Christopher Holly was a pretrial detainee at Cook County Jail who was placed in segregation (that is, in solitary confinement) for two days without a prior hearing. He brought suit for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the correctional officers responsible for placing him in segregation, contending that the denial of a predeprivation hearing meant that he had been deprived of liberty without due process of law. It is unclear what damages he could prove for being confined to a cell for two days rather than being free to roam the dangerous general-population area of…
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- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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