Dumas v. State

The appellant, John Dumas, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant, an inmate at Holman Prison in Atmore, was disciplined for assaulting a person associated with the Department of Corrections, a violation of disciplinary rule 29. He was punished by loss of store, telephone, and visitation privileges, and was ordered to serve 32 days in segregation.

The appellant maintained that he was denied his due process rights. The United States Supreme Court in Wolff v. McDonnell,418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.E.2d 935 (1974), held that before an inmate may be…