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Prisoners Have Right to Prompt Sentence Computation
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1994, page 6
David Plumb is an Oregon state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that his right to due process under the fourteenth amendment and his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment were violated by state and county officials. He claimed that they ...
Filed under:
Civil Procedure,
State Law Claims,
Good Time,
Parole,
Wrongful Imprisonment,
Qualified Immunity,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
Oregon.
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