Dawson v. Bruce

McAnany, J.:

Justin L. Dawson appeals the district court’s summary denial of his K.S.A. 60-1501 petition in which he alleged violations of his constitutional rights in a prison disciplinary hearing. We affirm.

A prison official found a plastic bag inside a trash can in a parking lot at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. The bag contained tobacco, snuff, lighters, and a set of binoculars. The items were marked with invisible ink and florescent dust and returned to a trash can near the prison’s pedestrian gate. It was inmate Dawson’s job to empty trash cans at the prison. Dawson and Ramonne…