Searcy v. Simmons

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a requirement that an inmate complete a sex offender treatment program that requires incriminatory information or face denial of good-time credits and other privileges did not qualify as compulsion
• recognizing state’s interest in rehabilitation notwithstanding inmate’s lost opportunity to earn discretionary good-time credits if he refused to admit guilt
• Due process is satisfied when a prison disposes of an inmate's property after providing a meaningful opportunity for the inmate to send it to someone outside the prison.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).