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Qualified Immunity for Black Box
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1993, page 14
Paul Knox is an Illinois state prisoner. After prison officials discovered four knives in his cell, Knox was infracted, found guilty and placed in segregation. Pursuant to prison policy, every time Knox left the segregation unit, to receive visitors, go to the hospital or law library, he was required to ...
Filed under:
Restraints,
Civil Procedure,
Injunctions,
Standing,
Mootness,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Illinois.
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