U.S. District Court: REMOVAL FROM JOB DUE PROCESS.Hunter v. Heath 95 F.Supp.2d 1140 (D.Or. 2000). A prison inmate brought an action under [sections] 1983 for unlawfully terminating his prison job/assignment as an inmate legal assistant. The district court found that while the inmate's removal did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment Such punishment as would amount to torture or barbarity, any cruel and degrading punishment not known to the Common Law, or any fine, penalty, confinement, or treatment that is so disproportionate to the offense as to shock the moral sense of the community. , or that the prisoner's expectation of keeping a specific prison job--or any job--did not implicate im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. a property or liberty interest, the true motivation for removing the prisoner from his job was not yet determined. The prisoner had alleged that his removal was in retaliation for filing grievances complaining that prison officials were impeding his ability to effectively perform his duties as an inmate legal assistant. (Snake River Snake River River, northwestern U.S. It is the largest tributary of the Columbia River and one of the most important streams in the Pacific Northwest. It rises in the mountains of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and flows south and west through Idaho, turning north at Correctional Institution Noun 1. correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government detention camp, detention home, detention house, house of detention - an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile , Oregon) |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion