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Montana Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Classification Hearings

Loaded on Dec. 15, 1997 by Danny Arledge published in Prison Legal News December, 1997, page 21
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Liberty Interests, Qualified Immunity, Ad-Seg Hearings. Location: Montana.
By Danny Arledge

The Montana state supreme court held that state law creates a liberty interest for prisoners accused of misconduct in prison classification hearings. Daniel Orozco, a prisoner at the Montana State Prison, was accused of conspiring to traffic in drugs. He was given a "Due Process Notification" and ...

 

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