Filed Date: Aug. 13, 1979
Closed Date: April 2, 1985
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In 1979, inmates from the Iowa State Penitentiary, the Iowa State Men's Reformatory, and the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against prison officials complaining of disciplinary proceedings that allegedly violated the prisoners' Fourteenth Amendment rights. The plaintiffs asked the court to expunge from their records determinations of misconduct that did not meet Constitutional procedural due process requirements. A hearing was held on January 18, 1985 and the District Court (Judge Donald E. O'Brien) filed an opinion setting out legal standards for the punishment of prisoners through sanctions, concluding that inmates have a liberty interest in not being punished with sanctions until the inmate has been convicted of a rules violation. The District Court left the application of the principles to individual inmates up to the parties. Dedrick v. Wallman, 617 F.Supp. 178 (D.C. Iowa 1985).
The docket for this case is not available on PACER. All of our information comes from the 1985 ruling on disciplinary sanctions. Therefore, we have no information of subsequent or previous litigation or any other issue.
Summary Authors
Rebekah Henn Sullivan (8/10/2005)
O'Brien, Donald Eugene (Iowa)
Bennett, Mark W. (Iowa)
Parmeter, John (Iowa)
O'Brien, Donald Eugene (Iowa)
Last updated April 16, 2024, 3:08 a.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: Iowa
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Key Dates
Filing Date: Aug. 13, 1979
Closing Date: April 2, 1985
Case Ongoing: No reason to think so
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Prison inmates challenging imposition of sanctions
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Public Interest Lawyer: Unknown
Filed Pro Se: Unknown
Class Action Sought: Unknown
Class Action Outcome: Unknown
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Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
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Order Duration: 1985 - None
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