Deciding an unresolved issue regarding prisoner suits, a Manhattan federal appeals court has ruled that inmates can bring civil rights suits alleging constitutional violations arising from intra-prison disciplinary sanctions.
Noting that the case raised an “open question” not yet answered by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, a three-judge panel found that such claims could proceed since they relate to conditions of imprisonment and not the length of a prisoner’s overall confinement.
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