Meachum v. Fano

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1976-06-25

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Mr. Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. The question here is whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment entitles a state prisoner to a hearing when he is transferred to a prison the conditions of which are substantially less favorable to the prisoner, absent a state law or practice conditioning such transfers on proof of serious misconduct or the occurrence of other events. We hold…

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