U.S. Appeals Court: DUE PROCESS CONDITIONS SEGREGATION.

• Position: Brief Article

U.S. v. El-Hage, 213 F.3d 74 (2nd Cir. 2000). A defendant who was an alleged member of an international terrorist organization moved to be released on bail and for modification of his conditions of pretrial detention. The detainee was separated from the general population and limited to only three telephone calls per month to his family. The district court denied the motions and the detainee appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the...