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· 9/12/1991

Len Martucci v. Avery Johnson

Citations

  • 944 F.2d 291
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 21480
  • 1991 WL 174419

How courts have described this case

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  • deciding that pretrial detainee lacks liberty interest in type of confinement, and ruling that administrative segregation for eight days to foil escape attempt failed to trigger procedural protections
  • holding that the nonpunitive placement of a pretrial detainee in segregated confinement does not implicate a liberty interest protected by the due process clause
  • holding that the Constitution only requires an adequate law library or appointed counsel
  • holding that classifying a pretrial detainee to segregation was not a punishment
  • holding that classifying a pretrial detainee to segregation was not a punishment
  • finding that pretrial detainee’s segregated confinement for security reasons was not impermissible punishment because it was reasonably related to a legitimate government objective

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Judges: Krupansky, Boggs, Cohn

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