Keller v. Donahue

ORDER

John Keller is an Indiana prison inmate who lost good-time credits when he was found guilty in a disciplinary proceeding of possessing an electronic device without authorization. Keller filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that prison officials did not follow the procedures outlined in the disciplinary handbook when they put him in segregation pending his hearing and did not give him the reports and forms the handbook requires. He also charged that the sanctions against him were excessive.

The district court summarily dismissed Keller’s petition,…