Vinzant v. King

How later courts describe this case

• qualified immu nity defense rejected because prisoner’s due process rights in disciplinary proceedings were clearly established even before Wolff
• inmate in Massachusetts prison had clearly established lib erty interest against being put in isolated confinement without a due process hearing
• prisoner’s due process right to disciplinary hearing clearly established even before leading case, Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974), decided
• prisoner’s due process right to disciplinary hearing was clearly established even before leading case, Wolff v: McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974), was decided