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ASHERMAN v. MEACHUM

No. 002, Docket 90-2530.

957 F.2d 978 (1992)

Steven M. ASHERMAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Larry MEACHUM, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. O'Neill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Richard Blumenthal, Atty. Gen., Steven R. Strom, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent-appellant.

William J. Tracy, Jr., Bristol, Conn. (Furey, Donovan, Eddy, Kocsis, Tracy & Daly, on the brief), for petitioner-appellee.

Before OAKES, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD, MESKILL, NEWMAN, KEARSE, CARDAMONE, WINTER, PRATT, MINER, ALTIMARI, MAHONEY, WALKER and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal was reheard in banc to reconsider the issue of whether prison officials violate the Self-Incrimination Clause of the Fifth Amendment by terminating the supervised home release of a sentenced prisoner upon notification that the prisoner would refuse to answer questions about his crime at a scheduled psychiatric evaluation. The issue arises on an appeal by the Commissioner of the Connecticut...

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