California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lopez v. Mata, B221377, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC402000 (Cal. App. 2010):
is properly analyzed as a deprivation of liberty without due process of law as embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment. (Douthit v. Jones (5th Cir. 1980) 619 F.2d 527, 532 [detention of prisoner for 30 days beyond expiration of sentence imposed without facially valid court order or warrant constitutes deprivation of liberty without due process of law].)
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