Rathke v. Corrections Corp. of America

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• holding that an inmate had third party beneficiary status under a contract between the state and a corrections contractor because of a Final Settlement Agreement in a class action by Alaska state prisoners challenging conditions in state prisons
• noting that where a pro se litigant’s argument is easily discerned from his briefs, courts should consider that argument
• recognizing a class of Alaskan prisoners as third-party beneficiaries to its out-of-state prison contracts
• deeming color-able an inmate's claim that he was entitled to due process before he could be placed in punitive segregation for 30 days because of his state-constitutional interest in rehabilitation}. 43 . See, e.g., Dominique v. Weld, 73 F.3d 1156, 1159-61 (1st Cir.1996

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