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Richards v. Dretke

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 14, 2004No. 03-21067PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge.

Doug Dretke, Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, appeals a district court judgment granting a petition for writ of habeas corpus by inmate Danny Richards (Richards). The judgment vacated a guilty finding against Richards in a prison disciplinary hearing. We conclude that there is some evidence to support the disciplinary decision, and accordingly reverse the district court’s judgment.

Facts and Proceedings Below

Richards has been serving a fifty-year Texas prison sentence since 1989 for possession of a controlled…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Malchi v. ThalerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  4. Charles Smith v. Fulton Rabalais, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  5. Broussard v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Teague v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
  2. Morgan v. QuartermanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
  3. Kapordelis v. MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2021
  4. Teague v. DretkeDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2005
  5. Annabi v. WilsonDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2021

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