Demarcus M. Brown v. Daniel Braxton, Warden, Red Onion State Prison

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge GREGORY joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

DeMarcus M. Brown, an inmate incarcerated at Red Onion State Prison in Pound, Virginia, was found guilty at a prison disciplinary hearing of assaulting a fellow inmate, Johnnie Lee Beavers. The officer in charge of the hearing denied Brown’s request to call Beavers as a witness, but allowed Brown to submit Beavers’ written statement in lieu of live testimony. Brown claims that his inability to present Beavers as a live witness denied him due process of…