Legal Opinion
Steven L. Eads v. Craig A. Hanks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 5, 2002No. 01-1720PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A state prisoner appeals from the denial of habeas corpus relief. A disciplinary committee at the prison had found him guilty of disorderly conduct and revoked 90 days of good-time credit, and he claims that the proceeding denied him due process of law because (he alleges) a member of the committee is the “live-in boyfriend” of one of the witnesses, a female guard. In a judicial proceeding, such a relationship between a judge and a key witness would be disqualifying, Hodge v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 68 S.W.2d 338, 346-47 (Ky.2001); Williams v. Reed, 6 S.W.3d 916, 921…
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