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• Position: Ex-Offenders - Brief Article

Nelson v. Stalder. 135 F.Supp.2d 745 (E.D.La. 2001). A former prison inmate sued prison officials under [section] 1983 for being incarcerated longer than his sentence, even after he repeatedly complained about the issue. The district court denied summary judgment for the defendants, finding that the inmate had a substantive due process right not to be held in prison longer than the term...