Atkins v. Oregon State Penitentiary

Petitioner, an inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary, seeks review of an order that he serve nine months in segregation after a finding that he had conspired to commit assault on another inmate in violation of a prison disciplinary rule. He asserts that he was denied due process under the Fourteenth Amendment and that respondent violated the administrative rules governing disciplinary proceedings, because inadmissible information from a confidential informant was considered by the referee. We reverse.

Respondent initiated this disciplinary proceeding on the basis of a prison guard’s…