WELCH v. THOMPSON

No. 92-3525.

20 F.3d 636 (1994)

Danny WELCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Glenn THOMPSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danny Welch, pro se.

André Charles Castaing, LA Dept. of Justice, Risk Litigation Div., Baton Rouge, LA, for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, BARKSDALE, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Today we decide whether the Louisiana statute establishing the state's prison work release program creates a protected liberty interest for eligible prisoners, the deprivation of which cannot be sustained without due process. The district court held that it does not. We affirm.

I. History of the Case

The plaintiff, Danny Welch, is a former prisoner of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ("the Department...

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