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
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…
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