Legal Opinion
James L. Webb v. Ron Anderson, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 2000No. 97-3264PublishedCited by 548 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
James L. Webb, an inmate of the Indiana State Prison, lost 90 days of good time credit when prison authorities determined that he had used marijuana based on a positive urinalysis. After exhausting his administrative remedies, Webb filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that because prison officials failed to maintain an adequate chain of custody for the urine specimen, their disciplinary decision lacks “some evidence” to support it. See Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Inst., Walpole v. Hill, 472 U.S. 445, 105 S.Ct. 2768, 86 L.Ed.2d 356…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Jimmy Walker v. J.T. O'brien, and Joseph W. Finfrock v. Craig A. HanksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- MacKey v. MontrymSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by548 opinions
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