Legal Opinion

Kenneth McClure Young, II v. Warren Kann and Jane Doe

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 5, 1991No. 89-5437PublishedCited by 222 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This civil rights case, brought by a federal prisoner acting pro se, presents for us a first impression question of the due process rights of a prisoner to the production of documentary evidence at a prison disciplinary hearing. Plaintiff Kenneth McClure Young, II, who lost substantial good time credit as the result of two prison disciplinary hearings, brought suit in the district court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania claiming that the disciplinary hearing officer, defendant Warren Kann, violated his due process rights by refusing to produce a…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by222 opinions

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  2. Clyde Piggie v. Zettie CottonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  3. Young v. QuinlanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  4. Burns v. PA Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
  5. Elizabeth Harvey v. Peter LoftusCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012

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