U.S. District Court: LIBERTY INTEREST WORK RELEASE.

• Position: Brief Article

Quartararo v. Catterson, 73 F.Supp.2d 270 (E.D.N.Y. 1999). A prisoner brought a & 1983 action against corrections and parole officials challenging his removal from a work release program. The district court granted summary judgment in favor in the prisoner, ruling that failure to provide the prisoner with 24 hours' notice of the hearing concerning his removal violated due process. The court also held that a letter justifying the removal of the prisoner from the program solely on the basis of a parole hold did not comport with the due process...