U.S. District Court: OTHER STATE PRIVATE FACILITY.

• Position: Prisoners and prisons - Brief Article

Evans v. Holm, 114 F.Supp.2d 706 (W.D.Tenn. 2000). A prisoner who had been transferred to a privately-operated out-of-state prison petitioned for habeas corpus relief. The district court denied the petition, finding that the transfer did not amount to a deprivation of liberty. The court noted that the prisoner did not reside in the other state because he had not chosen to live there and would be returned to the prosecuting state for release and any post-release supervision. The court...