Courtney v. DeVore

How courts have described this case

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• holding prisoner has constitutionally protected liberty interest in serving sentence on electronically monitored home confinement instead of prison: “[C]ourts . . . readily (continued...
• observing that a chapter of a procedure manual explicitly authorized the challenged conduct
• describing probation officer functions such as investigating allegations of probation violations and crimes, typing and signing warrants for arrests, and recommending whether to revoke probation
• finding probation officer was not entitled to absolute immunity for seeking a bench warrant because he was merely following probation officer procedure in doing so.

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