U.S. v. Catalan-Roman.

• Position: Administrative segregation, habeas corpus - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

SEGREGATION

PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act

U.S. v. Catalan-Roman, 329 F.Supp.2d 240 (D.Puerto Rico 2004). Two pretrial detainees filed a motion contesting their placement in administrative segregation after they were certified as being death-penalty eligible. The district court granted their motion, finding that death certification did not justify their automatic placement in administrative detention. The court noted that the detainees had resided in the general prison population without incident for over one year before being death-certified, there was no...