Court Opinion

ID: 6930294
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-23 23:55:47.421933+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:07:08.651334
License: Public Domain

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge,
specially concurring:
I join in the judgment holding that McKinney did not present a substantive due process claim according to Supreme Court precedent. I write specially to emphasize the fact that we are not holding that one who suffers a due process violation must first seek relief in state courts, or follow state administrative procedures before bringing a lawsuit in the federal courts. The Supreme Court rejected such a contention over twelve years ago in Patsy v. Board of Regents, 457 U.S. 496, 102 S.Ct. 2557, 73 L.Ed.2d 172 (1982).