Dorsey Nunn has been a recognized leader in the movement to restore civil and human rights to current and formerly incarcerated people for nearly forty years. The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law.All such prisoners were denied access to food that is adequate to maintain health in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth. We'll fill out this notion of "insufficient reason" in the coming weeks, that's the core doctrinal question in equal protection law. The official website of the City of Oakland. Find out about meetings, request City services through OAK 311, or contact the Mayor and City Council. Prisoners have a clearly established Eighth Amend- ment right to be protected from illegally using illegal drugs illegally smuggled into prison. Give those prisoners increased outofcell time. The. Prisoners also said that California broke the Settlement. He has also worked to restore the right to vote to people serving time in jail or after completing their sentences.