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Alexis Nguyen | Do Fine Deductions from Inmates’ Prison Trust Accounts Without a Hearing Violate their Fourteenth Amendment Rights?
The Fourteenth Amendment provides that no state may “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1. Analyzing whether one’s due process has been violated is a two-step process. First, the court must determine whether one has been deprived of a protected liberty or property interest. Second, if the court has determined that such a deprivation has occurred, then the court must determine if that deprivation occurred without constitutionally sufficient process. See Bd. Agents of Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 569-571 (1972); Prieto v. Clarke, 780 F.3d 245, 248 (4th Cir. 2015).