2 F. Supp. 2d 255 - Vasquez v. Coughlin’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
September 2018
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Sandin v. Conner · Meachum v. Fano · Vitek v. Jones · Washington v. Harper · Samuels v. Mockry
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]t is insufficient in this Circuit for a court to simply rely on the length of confinement as the determinative fac-tor_[I]n order for this Court to determine whether Plaintiff has a liberty interest in avoiding SHU confinement, it is necessary for the Court to examine the specific circumstances of his confinement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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