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Evidence Required for Disciplinary Sanction, Sandin Questioned
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1996, page 15
A federal district court in Indiana refused to dismiss a prisoner's habeas corpus petition challenging his disciplinary segregation because it was not clear what constituted a deprivation sufficient to invoke due process. A hearing officer's failure to indicate the evidence relied on could violate due process if there was a …
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Liberty Interests,
Witnesses (Disciplinary Hearings),
Standard of Proof,
Written Findings,
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
Indiana.
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