---
title: "Superintendent v. Hill"
citation: "472 U.S. 445 (1985)"
authority_id: "AUTH-SCOTUS-SUPERINTENDENT-HILL-472-US-445"
authority_type: "case"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-472/pdf/USREPORTS-472-445.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-SCOTUS-SUPERINTENDENT-HILL-472-US-445/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Superintendent v. Hill

## Holding or rule used

Some evidence must support a disciplinary deprivation of good time.

## 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

472 U.S. 445 (1985), 472 U.S. 454–57: <https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-472/pdf/USREPORTS-472-445.pdf>


## 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)
