No. 18-7762

Douglas Fauconier v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-procedure burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process legitimate-penological-interests penological-interests prison-regulation prison-regulations prisoner-rights
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. What minimum showing of proof must prison officials establish on the record, to meet their initial burden of proof, in demonstrating that a prison regulation which impinges on prisoners' constitutional rights is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

What minimum showing of proof must prison officials establish on the record, to meet their initial burden of proof, in demonstrating that a prison regulation which impinges on prisoners' constitutional rights is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests?

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-15
Waiver of right of respondents Harold Clarke, et al. to respond filed.
2018-04-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Douglas Fauconier
Douglas Fauconier — Petitioner
Harold Clarke, et al.
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent