Robert Franklin v. District of Columbia

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the failure to provide interpreters to Spanish speaking prisoners for disciplinary proceedings did not violate due process because they did not suffer a loss of liberty
• explaining that prisoners do not have a constitutional right not to disclose their medical conditions to government employees
• acknowledging that the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-33, §11231(a)(1), 111 Stat. 712, 745 (1997
• discussing the transfer of parole jurisdiction for District of Columbia prisoners to the Parole Commission
• disagreeing with the decision in Clarkson: “This elevates the evidentiary doctor-patient privilege and the ethical obligations of physicians to a constitutionally- required status.”
• finding language proficiency is not interchangeable with national origin or race

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