Legal Opinion
Bruce Talmadge Whitehorn v. E.L. Harrelson Mr. Green D. Foster, E. Potts, Counselors
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 25, 1985No. 83-7615PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises for the first time in the Eleventh Circuit the issue whether a lawfully confined prisoner has a constitutionally protected liberty interest in his continued participation in the Alabama work release program. The district court, apparently reluctantly, 1 granted summary judg ment in favor of the defendants, employees of the Alabama Department of Corrections, holding that the plaintiff, Bruce Talmadge Whitehorn, had no protected interest in participating in the Alabama work release program. The proper inquiry, however, is not whether the plaintiff…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Michael A. Barfield v. David Brierton, Louis Carmichael, Richard Dugger, Thomas Barton, David E. Watson, Jerry C. Wade, Randall R. Music, John ShawCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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- Robert Brennan v. Michael J. Cunningham, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Ernest Eugene Harper v. Leroy L. Young Attorney General of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Welch v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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