Shorter

Shorter v. Slade

Good Law
52 F. App'x 427
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 12, 2002No. 02-55872; D.C. No. CV-01-07404-DTCalifornia308 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Federal prisoner John Joseph Shorter appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . We review de novo the decision to grant or deny a petition for habeas corpus, McLean v. Crabtree, 173 F.3d 1176, 1180 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.

*428 Shorter claims that he is “actually innocent” of participating in a prison riot for which he was sanctioned with loss of good conduct time, disciplinary segregation, disciplinary transfer and loss of privileges. Because there is “some evidence” in the record to support the disciplinary hearing officer’s finding that Shorter participated in the riot, the district court did not err by dismissing Shorter’s due process claim. See Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Inst. v. Hill, 472 U.S. 445, 454-55 , 105 S.Ct. 2768 , 86 L.Ed.2d 356 (1985) (concluding that due process requires prison officer’s decision to be supported by “some evidence” in the record).

Moreover, the record supports the district court’s conclusion that Shorter was afforded the procedural protections outlined by the Supreme Court in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418…

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