Legal Opinion
Pernokis v. McBride
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 25, 2003No. 02-4278PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
In July 2002 a prison disciplinary board found Indiana inmate Robert Pernokis guilty of refusing to obey a correctional officer’s order, resulting in a reprimand and revocation of two months of recreation privileges. After exhausting administrative remedies, Mr. Pernokis filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the discipline. The district court denied the petition, concluding that the sanctions do not implicate a liberty interest. On appeal Mr. Pernokis argues that the sanctions implicate a liberty interest because they affect his credit-earning classification and that the…
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