Michael A. Bolden, Sr. v. Al Alston, Superintendent, Lincoln Correctional Facility, Nathaniel Hayes, Sergeant and Edward Kirkland, Sergeant

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “State procedural requirements do not establish federal constitutional rights. At most, any violation of state procedural requirements would create liability under state law[.]” (citations omitted)
• “As we repeatedly have explained, the failure of a State authority to comply with State regulations cannot alone give rise to a § 1983 cause of action.”
• “As we repeatedly have explained, the failure of a State authority to comply with State regulations cannot alone give rise to a § 1983 cause of action”
• “[T]he level of procedural protection differs according to the purpose of the confinement.”
• “State procedural requirements do not establish federal constitutional rights.”
• “State procedural requirements do not establish federal constitutional rights.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).