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Ban on Disciplinary Hearing Witnesses Struck Down

The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that prisoners have a right to call live witnesses at disciplinary hearings. The court held that a blanket Oregon prison rule banning all live witnesses at disciplinary hearings was unconstitutional. Rules in question prohibited prisoner testimony/witnesses at hearings. See: Bartholomew v. …

 

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