Isby-Israel v. Finnan

ORDER

Aaron Isby-Israel, an Indiana prisoner, filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the process afforded him at a disciplinary hearing. A Disciplinary Hearing Board found that Isby-Israel had thrown his food tray across the prison range when a guard refused to serve him the tray of his choice. His punishment included a loss of 30 days good-time credit and a suspended demotion in credit-earning class. The district court denied IsbyIsrael’s petition.

Isby-Israel argues that he was denied due process because the Board failed to apply a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard and…