Legal Opinion

Higgason v. Hanks

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 25, 2002No. Nos. 01-3732, 01-3839, 01-4275PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Indiana prisoner James Higgason, who has now filed forty-five appeals in this court, seeks habeas corpus relief from sanctions imposed by a conduct adjustment board (“CAB”) in three separate disciplinary proceedings. We consolidate the appeals and affirm the dismissals in all three.

Higgason lost good-time credit as a result of each CAB decision he is challenging, so the due process clause is implicated. Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974). We begin with the arguments that are common to the three appeals. First, Higgason maintains that “no federal court…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Lackawanna County District Attorney v. CossSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  3. Monte McPherson v. Daniel R. McBrideCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
  4. Larry Whitford v. Captain BoglinoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  5. Young Soo Koo v. Daniel R. McBride SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Higgason v. HanksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  2. Higgason v. HanksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

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