United States v. Gouveia
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United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180
(1984), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court
held that prison
ers in administrative segregation pending the investigation of crimes committed within the prison had no Sixth Amendment entitlement to counsel prior to the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings against them.
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(1984), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court
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held that prison
Prison
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ers in administrative segregation pending the investigation of crimes committed within the prison had no Sixth Amendment entitlement to counsel prior to the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings against them.