Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hutchins v. Brogan
479 U.S. 1019
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1986-12-15
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- Unless the regulation limits an official’s discretion in denying the benefit to “objective and defined” criteria, no protected interest has been created.
- restrictions on library use, and requirement of body cavity search before and after library use, justified by security and administrative concerns
- inmate has property interest in funds in his prison account
- upholding visual body cavity searches following visits to law library
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Hutchins v. Brogan. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
- Cited by
- 80 opinions
C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.