Johnson v. Fabian

OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge.

This is an expedited appeal from an order denying appellant Frank Edward Johnson’s habeas petition challenging two decisions of respondents, officers and employees of the Department of Corrections (DOC), that extended appellant’s incarceration based on his refusal to make admissions as part of his mandated treatment. The district court concluded that neither decision violated appellant’s Fifth Amendment privilege. Because we conclude that respondents did not violate appellant’s Fifth Amendment privilege in sanctioning him with respect to the chemical-dependency…