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· 9/25/1986

Episcopal Hospital v. Bowen

Citations

  • 657 F. Supp. 12
  • 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19939

How courts have described this case

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  • 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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