SICKLES v. CAMPBELL COUNTY, KENTUCKY

No. 06-6055.

501 F.3d 726 (2007)

Calvin SICKLES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CAMPBELL COUNTY, KENTUCKY; Kenton County, Kentucky, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stephen R. Felson, Newman & Meeks Co., LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Jason V. Reed, Edmondson, Guenther & Rylee, Covington, Kentucky, Jeffrey C. Mando, Adams, Stepner, Woltermann & Dusing, Covington, Kentucky, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Stephen R. Felson, Robert B. Newman, Newman & Meeks Co., LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Jason V. Reed, Edmondson, Guenther & Rylee, Covington, Kentucky, Jeffrey C. Mando, Adams, Stepner, Woltermann & Dusing, Covington, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: GIBBONS and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; BECKWITH, Chief District Judge.


OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

May a municipal jail, consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, withhold a portion of an inmate's canteen-account funds in order to cover the costs of booking, room and board without providing the inmate with a hearing before it withholds the money? Yes, we hold, and accordingly we affirm the district court's rejection of this claim and two others.

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