· 9/25/1986
Episcopal Hospital v. Bowen
Citations
- 657 F. Supp. 12
- 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19939
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that federal due process constraints are not implicated because the classification of a State prison inmate is a matter of State prison officials’ discretion
- stating that classification and work assignments are matters of prison administrative discretion and are not matters entitled to due process hearings
- “[T]he classifications and work assignments of prisoners . . . are matters of prison administration, within the discretion of the prison administrators. . . .”
- work assignments are generally within the discretion of the prison administrator
- work assignments are generally within the discretion of the prison administrator
- work assignments are at prison officials’ discretion
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