O'MALLEY v. Sheriff of Worcester County

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• holding that twenty-four-hour notice should apply in inmates' cases where no notice of the charges against them was given before the disciplinary proceeding
• holding that twenty-four-hour notice should apply in inmates’ cases where no notice of the charges against them was given before the disciplinary proceeding
• holding that failure of prison officials to provide prisoners with written notice of charges at least twenty-four hours prior to disciplinary hearing violated inmates’ due-process rights
• holding that damages are only available under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against State officials if sued in their individual capacities
• “[T]o avoid a State’s sovereign immunity to a damages suit, a plaintiff must sue the State official in his individual and not his official capacity”
• plaintiffs can overcome government officials’ qualified immunity defense by showing that defendants directly participated in violating plaintiffs’ clearly established rights

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