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

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 | inmate has property interest in funds in his prison account | upholding visual body cavity searches following visits to law library

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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.