Legal Opinion

Israel Santiago-Lugo v. Warden

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 30, 2015No. 13-14384PublishedCited by 228 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ED CARNES, Chief Judge:

For obvious reasons, prisons typically prohibit inmates from possessing cell phones. An orphan cell phone was found during a random search in the Federal Correctional Complex at Coleman Medium Prison in Florida. An examination of the phone’s call history showed that the son of inmate Israel Santiago-Lugo had called that phone the day before it was found. Santiago-Lugo was charged in a prison incident report with having violated the rule against possession of a cell phone. After a hearing he was instead found to have violated the rule against conduct that disrupts or…

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3Cited by228 opinions

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