Leavitt v. Carter

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Scott Leavitt, Gregory Applewhite, and James Holiday (Appellants) are inmates at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF) in Meridian, Mississippi. After another inmate, Robert Marsh, told EMCF’s mental-health counselor that the Appellants were trading their canteen items for his meal trays, the counselor issued a rule violation report (RVR) for each Appellant, and they were given, a disciplinary hearing. According to the Appellants, the disciplinary hearing officer found them “guilty” of the rule violation without affording them a chance to present…