Legal Opinion

Adams v. McGinnis

District Court, W.D. New York

Decided May 3, 2004No. 1:04-cr-00284PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, District Judge.

Petitioner Sanders Lamont Adams, an inmate at the Southport Correctional Facility, has submitted a petition for habeas corpus relief, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which he purportedly challenges a disciplinary sentence of six months in the Special Housing Unit (“SHU”) that was imposed on October 1, 2003 following a disciplinary hearing. He claims in the petition that his rights to procedural due process in relation to the disciplinary hearing were violated when he was denied inmate assistance, the right the right to call witnesses and an impartial…

2Cases cited8 opinions

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  3. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Edwards v. BalisokSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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