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Unjustified Delay in Granting Prisoner’s Request to Marry Actionable

A 19-month delay in granting a Prisoner’s request to marry states a cognizable substantive due process claim.

William Engel, a New Jersey state prisoner, submitted a request to marry on September 8, 2005, to prison officials. The marriage committee denied Engel’s request citing “security concerns; high risk, escape risk; immigration ...

 

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