U.S. Appeals Court: INTERPRETER GOOD TIME.

• Position: Brief Article

Gonzales-Perez v. Harper, 241 F.3d 633 (8th Cir. 2001). A prison inmate who was a Spanish-speaking native of Cuba brought a [sections] 1983 action against a prison hearing officer who conducted disciplinary hearings which led to the revocation of the inmate's good time credits, alleging that failure to provide an interpreter for all hearings had violated his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed the action and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court noted that the inmate had received...