Veronza Bowers, Jr. v. United States Parole Commission

996 F.2d 1223 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Veronza BOWERS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-55010. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1993. Decided July 1, 1993. Before: KOZINSKI, SUHRHEINRICH * and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 In Cato v. Rushen, 824 F.2d 703 (9th Cir.1987), we held that there "must be some indicia of reliability that forms the basis for prison disciplinary actions," id. at 705 , and concluded that uncorroborated hearsay statements by a confidential informant do not satisfy this standard. Id. Here the government concedes that the Institutional Disciplinary Committee's unsubstantiated finding that petitioner aided in an inmate assault in 1980 ran afoul of Cato, and that the Parole Commission's reliance on that finding in denying parole therefore violated petitioner's due process rights. See also Zimmerlee v. Keeney,…