Legal Opinion

United States of America Ex Rel. Curtis Houston v. Warden, Stateville Correctional Center, and Illinois Prisoner Review Board

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 11, 1981No. 80-1208PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Curtis Houston appeals from the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition. Houston argues that he was not afforded due process at a prison disciplinary hearing which resulted in his loss of six months’ good-time credit. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

Houston was incarcerated at Pontiac Correctional Center on a two -year determinate sentence. He was entitled to be released from custody upon serving the full two-year term less credit for good behavior. Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 38, § 1003-3-5(e). From the time that his incarceration…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Larry Charbert Hayes v. Dan Walker, Governor of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
  5. Phillip Bruce Christopher v. U. S. Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Redding v. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  2. Redding v. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  3. People Ex Rel. Yoder v. HardyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  4. Watts v. MorganDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
  5. Oswalt v. GodinezDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1995

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