Galloway v. Suffolk County Correctional Facility.

• Position: MENTAL PROBLEMS (PRISONER - Violation of due process of law - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

DUE PROCESS

Galloway v. Suffolk County Correctional Facility, 232 F.Supp.2d 4 (E.D.N.Y. 2002). A parole violator filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that prison officials deprived him of his right to due process when they removed him from a substance abuse program. The district court denied the officials' motion for judgment on the pleadings, finding that the parole violator had a state-conferred liberty interest in continued participation in the program, and therefore could not be discharged from the program without a hearing, even though he signed an application stating...