Legal Opinion
Higgason v. Lemmon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 26, 2001No. 99-4289PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
James Higgason, an Indiana prisoner, lost good time credits as a result of a battery conviction before the Conduct Adjustment Board (CAB). After exhausting his administrative remedies, Mr. Higgason filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied relief, and he appeals.
Mr. Higgason received a conduct report charging him with battery after a correctional officer saw him throw a “liquid substance” (later identified as feces) from his shower cell into the cell of Graylon Bell, another prisoner. Mr. Higgason requested that three witnesses be…
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