Legal Opinion
Jerry Montgomery v. Rondle Anderson, Warden, Indiana State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 2001No. 00-2869PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Jerry Montgomery, who is serving a 40-year term for murder, contends in this action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 that Indiana violated the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment when it placed him in disciplinary segregation and reduced his credit-earning class. The district court denied his petition, and this appeal presents a series of questions: (1) is a collateral attack under § 2254 the right way to present a claim of constitutional error in a decision affecting the rate of earning good-time credits?; (2) does a lower rate of earning good-time credits deprive…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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