IN RE ALCALA

Docket No. A043385.

222 Cal.App.3d 345 (1990)

271 Cal. Rptr. 674

In re RODNEY ALCALA on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

July 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Morris Lenk and John G. Donhoff, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant.

Donald Specter, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Respondent.


OPINION

BARRY-DEAL, J.*

Daniel Vasquez, the Warden of San Quentin Prison, appeals from an order enjoining enforcement of restrictions on the right of prisoners to possess and wear certain items of civilian clothing. We hold that the right to wear clothing of one's choice is a protected liberty interest under the substantive due process guaranties of the Fourteenth Amendment. We conclude, however, that...

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