Meachum v. Fano
- Decided
- June 25, 1976
- Docket
- 75-252
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 3,743 timesOverruled on other grounds (not yet verified)Possible negative treatment: overruled on other grounds (not yet verified) · Mims 285091 v. Burch
What later courts said
- holding that the Due Process Clause does not protect a prisoner against transfer to a more restrictive prison — Escobar v. Reid (2009)
- holding that a prisoner does not have a liberty interest in a particular housing location or custody level while under the jurisdiction of correctional authorities — Ian Russell v. City of Philadelphia (2011)
- holding that a transfer between prisons, even though “life in one prison is much more disagreeable than in another,” generally does not implicate the due process clause — United States v. Reggie Neon Brown (1995)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Mr. Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question here is whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment entitles a state prisoner to a hearing when he is transferred to a prison the conditions of which are substantially less favorable to the prisoner, absent a state law or practice conditioning such transfers on proof of serious misconduct or the occurrence of other events. We hold that it does not.
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Statutes cited
Cite this
Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215 (1976)Read the full opinion
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