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Higgs v. Wilson

District Court, W.D. Kentucky

Decided June 27, 1985No. Civ. A. 83-0256-P, 76-0079-P and 79-0092-PPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHNSTONE, District Judge.

Since approximately 1981 the Kentucky Department of Corrections has conducted a urinalysis procedure at the Kentucky State Reformatory and the Kentucky State Penitentiary in an attempt to curtail the use and dissemination of illicit drugs in those institutions. Urine specimens are periodically collected from certain inmates and tested for the presence of drugs with the Syva Emit drug detection system. If the EMIT test indicates that an inmate has drugs in his system, then that inmate is charged with a violation of Category IV, Item 2 of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. United States v. Hayward Leslie BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
  4. Mason County Medical Association v. KnebelCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
  5. Storms v. CoughlinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Lahey v. KellyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Richard W. Spence v. Hal FarrierCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  3. Armstead v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1996
  4. Jones v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. Somers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012

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