Procedural due process is a legal doctrine in the United States that requires government officials to follow fair procedures before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property.
[1]: 657 When the government seeks to deprive a person of one of those interests, procedural due process requires at least for the government to afford the person notice, an opportunity to be heard, and a decision made by a neutral decisionmaker.
[1]: 617 The article "Some Kind of Hearing" written by Judge Henry Friendly created a list of basic due process rights "that remains highly influential, as to both content and relative priority.
"[2] The rights, which apply equally to civil due process and criminal due process, are the following:[3] Not all the above rights are guaranteed in every instance when the government seeks to deprive a person life, liberty, or property.
At minimum, a person is due only notice, an opportunity to be heard, and a decision by a neutral decisionmaker.