George Williams, Jr. v. J. Thomas

MEMORANDUM

Federal prisoner George Williams, Jr. appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for habeas corpus. Williams challenges prison disciplinary-sanctions that resulted in a loss of good conduct time credits (“good time”) totaling 134 days based on three incidents and seven related incident reports. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we “review a district court’s denial of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 de novo.” Tablada v. Thomas, 533 F.3d 800, 805 (9th Cir.2008). The district court’s underlying findings of facts are reviewed for clear error. McNeely v. Blanas, 336 F.3d 822, 826 (9th Cir.2003). We reverse in part and affirm in part.

Incident Reports 1633188, 1633231, 1633212

Williams contends that his due process rights were violated during disciplinary hearings that concerned alleged assaults at the Federal Detention Center SeaTac (“SeaTac”) in Washington State. Williams had attempted suicide while housed at SeaTac and prison guards alleged he was assaultive when they responded. By the time the resulting disciplinary hearings were held, Williams had been transferred to a different facility. Williams informed…