Is there any case law supporting an inmate's right to be placed in administrative confinement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Toussaint v. Yockey, 722 F.2d 1490 (9th Cir. 1984):
Moreover, Hewitt v. Helms, --- U.S. ----, 103 S.Ct. 864, 74 L.Ed.2d 675 (1983) casts some doubt on the court's conclusion that defendants' practices violate the fourteenth amendment. In Hewitt the court held that an informal, non-adversary evidentiary review is sufficient to support an inmate's placement in administrative confinement. Moreover, the court acknowledged the prison administrators' need to base their decisions on generalized information.
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