--- title: "Wolff v. McDonnell" citation: "418 U.S. 539 (1974)" authority_id: "AUTH-SCOTUS-WOLFF-418-US-539" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide" precedential_status: "binding" official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-418/pdf/USREPORTS-418-539.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-SCOTUS-WOLFF-418-US-539/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Wolff v. McDonnell ## Holding or rule used Minimum procedural protections for discipline threatening an existing good-time interest. ## Material limitation Use only for the bounded proposition and limitations in the linked canonical modules. Individual custody, computation, program, placement, administrative, circuit, and remedy facts remain separate. ## Official source and pinpoints 418 U.S. 539 (1974), 418 U.S. 563–72: ## Used in - [Detainers, Prison Discipline, Good-Time Consequences, and RDAP](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/detainers-discipline-and-rdap.md)