Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Jones

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided December 7, 2005No. 02-6384PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

Larry Wilson, an Oklahoma State inmate incarcerated at the Great Plains Correctional Facility, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Mr. Wilson alleges that his due process rights were violated when a Class X misconduct conviction caused him to be demoted from a credit-earning prisoner to a non-credit-earning prisoner because no evidence supported the misconduct conviction. We agree with Mr. Wilson, and reverse and remand for issuance of the writ.

I. BACKGROUND

Mr. Wilson’s problem began with…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Board of Pardons v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Montez v. McKinnaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Cardoso v. CalboneCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
  2. Howard v. United States Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
  3. Reilly v. Iowa District Court for Henry CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 2010
  4. Grossman v. BruceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
  5. Dulworth v. EvansCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006

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