Senty-Haugen v. Goodno

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• holding that a prisoner’s claims for injunctive and declaratory relief related to the conditions of his imprisonment while in isolation were moot after the prisoner’s period of isolation ended
• recognizing that the nature of a civilly committed patient’s “liberty interest in being free from isolation must . . . be understood in the context of that commitment and its accompanying restrictions”
• explaining that courts do not consider what process is due unless a plaintiff has a protected liberty or property interest
• finding that restrictions on civilly committed Plaintiff’s computer privileges and access to outside vendors are “de minimis restrictions with which the Constitution is not concerned.” (quoting Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 539 n.20 (1979))
• recognizing the security of the MSOP as a key state interest
• finding limited computer privileges to be a “de minimis restriction[] with which the Constitution is not concerned”

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