United States Sixth Circuit

A municipal jail may, 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.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/17/2007
• Decided 09/05/2007
• Published 09/05/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• 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.