The following excerpt is from Quinn v. Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corp., 613 F.2d 438 (2nd Cir. 1980):
2 Appellees' contention that a hearing is the sole remedy available to appellant for deprivation of his liberty is without merit. See Carey v. Piphus, 435 U.S. 247, 266, 98 S.Ct. 1042, 1054, 55 L.Ed.2d 252 (1978) ("the denial of procedural due process should be actionable for nominal damages without proof of actual injury").
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