Legal Opinion

Cobbs v. Superintendent

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided September 27, 2011No. Cause No. 3:10-CV-304 PSPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

PHILIP P. SIMON, Chief Judge.

At around 9:30 a.m., on April 2, 2010, guards at the New Castle Correctional Facility found a cell phone hidden under Anthony Cobbs’ mattress. Cell phones are contraband in prison and Cobbs was charged with possessing an unauthorized electronic device in violation of B-207. Cobbs maintained that the phone was not his and asked that the Disciplinary Hearing Body (DHB) review the videotape of his mattress starting at 9:00 a.m. that morning. He also submitted the statement of another inmate who said that he saw “a few guys standing by his bed before…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Larry Whitford v. Captain BoglinoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  3. Clyde Piggie v. Zettie CottonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  4. Clyde Piggie v. Daniel McBride SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  5. Johnson, Shawn v. Finnan, AlanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006

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3Cited by3 opinions

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  3. WHEATLEY v. VANIHELDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2022

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