U.S. Appeals Court: PLACEMENT.Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443 (9th Cir. 2000). A federal prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action claiming that a warden and correctional officers violated his constitutional rights when they confined him in the prison's special housing unit. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the prisoner who had been convicted but not yet sentenced had no liberty interest in not being confined in a special housing unit pending a disciplinary hearing. The court noted that the prisoner should be treated as a sentenced inmate rather than as a pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. detainee de·tain·ee n. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. Noun 1. detainee - some held in custody political detainee . (Federal Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
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