McGoue v. Janecka.

• Position: GOOD TIME - Case regariding prisoners rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

REVOCATION

DUE PROCESS

McGoue v. Janecka, 211 F.Supp.2d 627 (E.D.Pa. 2002). A prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action claiming that authorities violated his due process rights by removing him from a work release program without notice or hearing. The district court dismissed the case, finding that the inmate did not have a protectable liberty interest sufficient to support a due process deprivation claim. The inmate had been participating in a court-ordered work release program when routine testing identified that he had used alcohol. The inmate argued that he was a barber...