Leavitt v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Generally, a disciplinary or administrative sanction [by prison officials] will not be considered to be an 'atypical and significant hardship' ... unless it is determined to be 'onerous.' " Id. at (¶ 20) (citation omitted). It is within the discretion of the prison officials "to determine whether and when to provide prisoners with privileges [that] amount to more than reasonably adequate food, clothing, shelter, sanitation, medical care, and personal safety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Mississippi v. Roy Stafford

2. “will be generally limited to freedom from restraint[,] which, while not exceeding the sentence in such an unexpected manner as to give rise to protection by the Due Process Clause of its own force, nonetheless imposes atypical and significant hardship on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Mississippi v. Roy Stafford

3. “Generally, a disciplinary or administrative sanction [by prison officials] will not be considered to be an 'atypical and significant hardship' ... unless it is determined to be 'onerous.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Mississippi v. Roy Stafford