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· 3/21/1984

Everett R. Lyon Dennis E. Fisher and Richard A. Lamphere v. Hal Farrier Crispus C. Nix John Emmitt Ron Welder Frank Roffe and Lt. Woodall

Citations

  • 727 F.2d 766

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that while prisoners retain some Fourth Amendment rights, they are limited by institutional security needs and prisoners’ reduced expectation of privacy
  • “Among the liberties which prisoners do not enjoy is choice of cells. Transfer within the prison, or to another prison, is within the discretion of prison officials.”
  • “Among the liberties which prisoners do not enjoy is choice of cells”
  • “Among the liberties which prisoners do not enjoy is choice of cells”
  • “Among the liberties which prisoners do not enjoy is choice of cells.”

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Judges: Fagg, McMILLIAN, Per Curiam, Ross

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