Tilmon v. Prator.U.S. Appeals Court PRETRIAL DETAINEES Tilmon v. Prator, 368 F.3d 521 (5th Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought a civil rights action alleging due process violations in connection with prison disciplinary proceedings. The district court dismissed the action for failure to state a claim and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that a prisoner who has been convicted but who has not yet been sentenced has the same status as a sentenced prisoner for the purposes of analyzing whether the prisoner has a liberty interest in having certain procedural protections before being punished in connection with a prison disciplinary proceeding. The court found that the prisoner had no due process protected liberty interest implicated by his confinement in a punitive cell for eight hours without an administrative hearing administrative hearing n. a hearing before any governmental agency or before an administrative law judge. Such hearings can range from simple arguments to what amounts to a trial. There is no jury, but the agency or the administrative law judge will make a ruling. (See: administrative law, hearing). (Caddo Caddo (kăd`ō), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Correctional Center, Louisiana) |
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