Legal Opinion

Higgason v. Hanks

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 17, 2003No. 02-2775Published

1Opinion of the Court

*557ORDER

In October 2000 a female prison guard filed a conduct report alleging that Indiana inmate James H. Higgason, Jr., while naked, had been jumping around his cell and making gestures and comments of a sexual nature to her. A prison disciplinary board thereafter found Mr. Higgason guilty of making sexual proposals, gestures, or threats against a staff member and consequently revoked 180 days of his good-time credit. After exhausting his administrative appeals, Mr. Higgason filed with the district court a petition challenging the sanction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.** The court denied the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. James L. Webb v. Ron Anderson, Superintendent, Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  3. Monte McPherson v. Daniel R. McBrideCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
  4. Anthony Alexander v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  5. Higgason v. HanksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002

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