U.S. District Court: DUE PROCESS.Madera v. Goord, 103 F.Supp.2d 536 (N.D.N.Y. 2000). A state prisoner one in confinement, or under arrest, for a political offense. See also: State brought a [section] 1983 action against a corrections commissioner and correctional officers, alleging due process violations arising from a cell search and disciplinary hearing. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. The district court held that the failure of an officer to sign a misbehavior report was not a due process violation VIOLATION. An act done unlawfully and with force. In the English stat. of 25 E. III., st. 5, c. 2, it is declared to be high treason in any person who shall violate the king's companion; and it is equally high treason in her to suffer willingly such violation. . The court found that the fact that the same official both issued the initial order to search the prisoner's cell and presided over the resulting disciplinary hearing did not constitute a due process violation. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, the prisoner had no constitutional right to have a separate investigating and hearing officer. (New York State Department of Correctional Services The New York State Department of Correctional Services or NYSDOCS is the agency of New York State responsible for the care, confinement, and rehabilitation of approximately 63,000 inmates at all 69 correctional facilities funded by the State of New York. ) |
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