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Vidal v. Venettozzi - Due Process Rights in Prison Disciplinary Segregation

The Second Circuit vacated a Southern District of New York summary judgment in favor of DOCCS officials, holding that Joseph Vidal's 180-270 days of disciplinary segregation in the Special Housing Unit constituted an atypical and significant hardship triggering Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process protections. The court remanded for further proceedings consistent with its opinion.