Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Brown

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 17, 2017No. 16-3495PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*495ORDER

After a disciplinary hearing, inmate Byron Johnson was found guilty of attempting to traffic contraband at Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana. He was stripped of all 149 days of his earned good-time credit and demoted to a lower credit-earning class. He also was placed in disciplinary segregation for 180 days and denied phone privileges for 45 days. After exhausting his administrative remedies, Johnson petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that he was not permitted to make effective use of exculpatory video evidence at his disciplinary hearing.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Aaron B. Scruggs v. D. Bruce JordanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
  3. Curtis Ellison v. Dushan ZateckyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  4. Clyde Piggie v. Zettie CottonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  5. William Chavis v. Charles J. Rowe, Director, Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. BERRY v. ATTORNEY GENERALDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2023
  2. BOYD v. WARDENDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2022
  3. CARRILLO v. ZATECKYDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2020
  4. COTY v. KNIGHTDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2019
  5. Corey Eldon Smith v. WardenDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2026

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